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Nina Balatka

Anthony Trollope

Book Overview: 

A romance set in Prague between a Catholic and a Jew. In this short novel, Trollope moves away from his usual milieu to explore a theme which has universal resonance.

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Book Excerpt: 
. . .had never thought of them as people hungry from want of food, or cold from want of clothes. It may be said of him, to his credit, that his love had been too strong for his shame, and that he had made up his mind to marry his cousin Nina in spite of her poverty. When Lotta Luxa had called him a calf she had not inappropriately defined one side of his character. He was a good-looking well-grown young man, not very wise, quickly susceptible to female influences, and gifted with eyes capable of convincing him that Nina Balatka was by far the prettiest woman whom he ever saw. But, in connection with such calf-like propensities, Ziska was endowed with something of his mother's bitterness and of his father's persistency; and the old Zamenoys did not fear but that the fortunes of the family would prosper in the hands of their son. And when it was known to Madame Zamenoy and to her husband Karil that Ziska had set his heart upon having his cousin, they had expressed no displeasure. . . Read More

Community Reviews

This is the most serious of the Trollope novels I've read. It is completely devoid of any Trollope humor. Still, I quite enjoyed it. Trollope may have been putting his own spin on a Romeo and Juliet story. In this, a poor Christian girl is betrothed to a wealthy Jewish man. Neither of the families n

What a unique story from Trollope! I think this is by far the most Hardy-esque thing I’ve read of Trollope’s. The drama and tension slowly get more intense until a quite intense finish! I really had no idea what would happen at the end. There was one plot point that I thought was fairly obvious but

A really powerful Anthony Trollope novel, with interesting characters and a sharp critique of prejudice and intolerance. I wouldn't recommend to beginners with Trollope as it needs to be read with some historical context and takes a little while to get into.

I really enjoyed this book!

I love Anthony Trollope, he could well rank on the top of not only my favorite Victorian authors but authors in general, but this one, not his best. Apparently Trollope wrote this anonymously to see if it would sell without his name attached and commentators have said his disguise was worthless, tha

Nina Balatka is the story of a beautiful young Christian girl in 19th century Prague who is beset with two great troubles. First is her economic situation, having been plunged into poverty after her father’s industry failed him and he became ill unto death. The second, portrayed as the greater troub

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