This classic study of the working life of a professional writer is one of the best - and also one of the strangest - autobiographies ever written. After a miserable childhood and misspent youth, Trollope turned his life around at the age of twenty-six. By 1860 the 'hobbledehoy' had become both a senior civil servant and a best-selling novelist. He worked for the Post Office for many years and stood unsuccessfully for Parliament. Best-known for the two series of novels grouped loosely around the clerical and political professions, the Barsetshire and Palliser series, in his Autobiography Trollope frankly describes his writing habits. His apparent preoccupation with contracts, deadlines, and earnings, and his account of the remorseless regularity with which he produced his daily quota of words, has divided opinion ever since.As the Introduction to this edition shows, Trollope selected and exaggerated to create his compelling narrative of initial failure and eventual success, and the inspiration that fuelled his creative imagination has too easily been overlooked. The only autobiography by a major Victorian novelist, Trollope's record offers a fascinating insight into his literary life and opinions. This edition also includes a selection of his critical writings to show how subtle and complex his approach to literature really was.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Oxford University Press
ISBN-13
9780199675289
eBay Product ID (ePID)
208882149
Product Key Features
Book Title
An Autobiography: and Other Writings
Author
Anthony Trollope
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Literature
Publication Year
2014
Genre
Biographies & True Stories
Number of Pages
368 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
203mm
Item Width
135mm
Item Weight
488g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Anthony Trollope
Series Title
Oxford World's Classics
Editor
Nicholas Shrimpton
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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