Introductory materials
The novel
- Text of the novel in the Victorian Web
- Theme and subject
- Characterization
- Image, symbol, and motif
- Setting and description
- Genre, mode, and style
- Literary relations — sources, influence, confluence, and reputation
Political and social contexts
- Victorian political history
- Social history — themes and contexts
- Religion
- Economics (including the Railway Mania and Swindles)
Cultural contexts
Other resources
- James R. Kincaid’s The Novels of Anthony Trollope (Clarendon Press, 1977) — complete text in the Victorian Web
- Ellen Moody’s Trollope's Comfort Romances for Men: Heterosexual Male Heroism in his Work”
- Reviews of Trollope scholarship
- The Victorian Web homepage
- Search
Last modified 6 September 2018