Nel periodo vittoriano la scrittura autobiografica divenne una vera e propria arte, soprattutto perché si trattava di un genere che si caratterizzava come descrizione di un successo.

E proprio come sintetizza il curatore di questa edizione, è negli ultimi anni della sua vita che Trollope può permett

I really loved this autobiography!

While I have my sights set on reading all of Trollope's novels and short story collections, there are just a few of his nonfiction offerings that interest me. This is one. I wanted to make sure I had read enough to appreciate what he had to say. He finished it in 1876 - six years before he died - wi

I am a great fan of Trollope’s work and have read almost all his books. That made his autobiography all the more enjoyable because I knew the books he was writing about and it was interesting to find out how they came to be written and especially that some of the material was based on Trollope’s own

Why is Trollope considered by many (not by me) to be a notch below other Victorian novelists? I think this book, his autobiography, is at least partly responsible. For in it Trollope demythologizes the profession of novelist. He talks about his businesslike approach to his writing. He regularly wrot

Anthony Trollope (1815-1882) wrote his autobiography and gave instruction to his son to have it published after his death. Trollope was one of England’s pre-eminent and most prolific novelists. Trollope said “the novelist must please, but also teach and preach, conveying his system of ethics just as