This was one of the last Trollope novels I read. I had put it pretty far down on my to-read list because I thought it was another of his Australian novels, and experience had taught me that whenever Trollope strayed from England as his setting, even to Ireland, his work slipped a notch or two. I was

This was much better than I expected, having left it to one of the last group of Trollope's novels I have not read. Two things are missing from this that I have come to expect in his better novels: a fox-hunting scene and multiple plot lines. Nope, no one goes hunting (although there is a short refe

This is the 23rd novel by Trollope that I have read. I must say that it is one of my favorites. It was amazingly compelling. The 615 pages flew by.

What is interesting here is that in most of Trollope's long novels there is usually a somewhat involved sub-plot and that is what usually accounts for t

I really enjoyed this great novel by Anthony Trollope!

A lesser known work by Anthony Trollope but well worth the read

The errors of youth catch up with the reformed and successful John Caldigate. In this novel, as in his others, Trollope creates a central issue which has rights and wrongs on both sides of it, and follows his characters as they wrestle w

I think this is a book for Trollope enthusiasts; I wouldn't recommend it as the first book of his that somebody reads. I found the central character, John Caldigate, very appealing, and for that reason it became a real page-turner -- despite the fact that I was fairly confident that Trollope would d