History Creator / AnthonyTrollope

* ''Literature/LaVendee''

The other plots can be about anything; a perjury trial (''Orley Farm''), the collapse of a marriage (''He Knew He Was Right''), a clergyman accused of theft (''The Last Chronicle of Barset''), life in the British Civil Service (''The Three Clerks''), a massive stock swindle (''The Way We Live Now''), or British parliamentary politics (''Phineas Finn'', ''Phineas Redux'', and ''The Prime Minister''). These plots can have bittersweet or even downer endings.

* BittersweetEnding - ''Lady Anna.'' It's not at all clear that this marriage [[spoiler: will be a pleasant one]].
* BreakingTheFourthWall - One of the hallmarks of Trollope's narrative voice.

* MistakenForCheating - ''He Knew He Was Right'' features a husband who becomes fixated on his wife's non-existent adultery.
* MoneyDearBoy - Trollope's ''Autobiography'' shocked many contemporary readers, thanks to Trollope's undisguised interest in earning good money for his fiction.
* RippedFromTheHeadlines - ''Is He Popenjoy?'', based on the Tichborne Case (which dragged on so long that it was still in the courts when Trollope's final deadline arrived, leaving him to end the novel on an inconclusive note).
* TwoLinesNoWaiting - There are sometimes three, four, five, or more plots in his novels.

Anthony Trollope (24 April 1815 – 6 December 1882)) was a prolific English author. In a writing career of thirty-five years, he wrote forty-seven novels, seven non-fiction books, dozens of short stories, two plays, and an autobiography.

%%* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters

Anthony Trollope (1815 - 1882) was a prolific author. In a writing career of thirty-five years, he wrote forty-seven novels, seven non-fiction books, dozens of short stories, two plays, and an autobiography.

* The Palliser Series

* AllGirlsWantBadBoys - In the Palliser series, Lady Glencora falls in love with ne'er-do-well Burgo Fitzgerald, leading her guardians to arrange a marriage between her and stodgy Plantagenet Palliser.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Burgo Fitzgerald in ''Can You Forgive Her?''.

* CelebrityParadox - In the Palliser series, there are characters clearly based on real people like Gladstone and Disraeli, but on at least one occasion, the real people were referenced.
* DisposableLoveInterest: The wife of the protagonist of ''Phineas Finn'' has died in childbirth by the beginning of the sequel, ''Phineas Redux''.

* GrandeDame: Glencora's aunts, the Countess of Midlothian and the Marchioness of Auld Reekie, in the Palliser novels.
* ICouldaBeenAContender: Phineas Finn, from the Palliser novels ''Phineas Finn'' and ''Phineas Redux''.

* MeaningfulName - Although he doesn't have as many as Dickens, Trollope nevertheless comes up with a few notable examples, including Plantagenet Palliser from the Palliser novels.

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed - the Palliser novels include politicians modeled on Creator/BenjaminDisraeli and UsefulNotes/WilliamGladstone.
* ParentalMarriageVeto - Several tries, at least, including Plantagenet Palliser's nay-saying about the marriages of two of his children (''The Duke's Children''). A successful Veto resulted in the most fascinating marriage in his oeuvre, that of Palliser and Lady Glencora.
* RecursiveAdaptation - In the 1970s, the six-volume Palliser series (long) was adapted into a twenty-six episode maxiseries (also long) which in turn was novelized in a single volume (very, very short).

* {{Spinoff}} - The Palliser series is spun off from the Barchester series.

* VillainousCrush: Burgo Fitzgerald for Glencora M'Cluskie and George for Alice Vavasor in ''Can You Forgive Her?''.
* WrongGuyFirst:
** In ''Can You Forgive Her?'', two women go through this. Glencora loves the abominable Burgo, but ends up marrying the solid Plantagenet. Alice initially loves her cousin George, but after he goes through a wild period breaks it off and becomes engaged to bland but respectful John Gray.
** In ''The Prime Minister'', Emily Wharton marries Ferdinand Lopez, who only wants her for her money. After his death, she marries the man who truly loves her, Arthur Fletcher.

%%* AllGirlsWantBadBoys

%%* CelebrityParadox
%%* DisposableLoveInterest

%%* {{Fauxreigner}}

%%* GrandeDame
%%* GratuitousGreek
%%* HerHeartWillGoOn

%%* LoveDodecahedron
%%* MadnessMantra
%%* MayDecemberRomance

%%* NewEraSpeech

%%* SpiritedYoungLady

%%* WhatHappenedToTheMouse
%%* WifeHusbandry
%%* WrongGuyFirst

* {{Barsetshire}} - the TropeNamer

* DoorStopper: The best-known novels all come out at seven, eight, or nine hundred pages, although ''The Warden'' is an exception.
** In ''On Writing'', Creator/StephenKing refers to ''Can You Forgive Her?'' as ''Can You Finish It?''
** Trollope may have been a victim of his own success here. ''An Eye for An Eye,'' ''Lady Anna'' and some other shorter works of his were masterpieces, but he became known as a good Doorstopper writer which may have hindered their longevity.

* HenpeckedHusband - Bishop Proudie from the Barchester series.

* ICouldaBeenAContender - Archdeacon Grantly from the Barchester series, who fails to get his promotion to Bishop.
** Phineas Finn, from the Palliser novels ''Phineas Finn'' and ''Phineas Redux,'' is another example.
* ItsTheSameNowItSucks - In the ''Autobiography'' (ch. XV), Trollope explains that he [[spoiler: did in Mrs. Proudie]] in ''The Last Chronicle of Barset'' after overhearing two men complaining about [[spoiler: her in particular]] and the repetitiveness of his novels in general.

* MeaningfulName - Although he doesn't have as many as Dickens, Trollope nevertheless comes up with a few notable examples, including Plantagenet Palliser (from the Palliser novels), Sir Abraham Haphazard, Dr. Pessimist Anticant and Mr Popular Sentiment (''The Warden'' -- the last two are parodies of Carlyle and Dickens), Obadiah Slope (''Barchester Towers''), and the Proudies (from the Barchester novels).

* ParentalMarriageVeto - Several tries, at least, including Archdeacon Grantley's attempt to nix his son Henry's marriage to Josiah Crawley's daughter Grace (''The Last Chronicle of Barset'') and Plantagenet Palliser's nay-saying about the marriages of two of his children (''The Duke's Children''). A successful Veto resulted in the most fascinating marriage in his oeuvre, that of Palliser and Lady Glencora.

!!Tropes found in Trollope's works include:

* AmbiguouslyJewish - Melmotte, from ''The Way We Live Now,'' is the most notorious instance.

** In-universe, Lady Carbury from ''The Way We Live Now'' is a mediocre writer and knows it, so she flirts with the journalists to get good reviews.

* {{Ponzi}}: Melmotte in ''The Way We Live Now''.

* StereotypeFlip - Trollope's Jewish characters tend to be anti-Semitic stereotypes, but Mr. Brehgert in ''The Way We Live Now'' turns out to be one of the novel's most genuinely decent and honorable man.

* WeddingsForEveryone - Especially in ''The Way We Live Now'', which has six marriages in the last fifty-odd pages.

* AllGirlsWantBadBoys

* CelebrityParadox
* DisposableLoveInterest

* {{Fauxreigner}}

* GrandeDame
* GratuitousGreek

* HerHeartWillGoOn

* LemonyNarrator
* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters
* LoveDodecahedron
* MadnessMantra
* MayDecemberRomance

* NewEraSpeech

* SpiritedYoungLady

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse
* WifeHusbandry
* WrongGuyFirst

* Literature/TheChroniclesOfBarsetshire aka The Barchester Series:

* The Barchester Series

** ''{{The Way We Live Now}}''

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed - the Palliser novels include politicians modeled on Creator/BenjaminDisraeli and WilliamGladstone.

** ''The Way We Live Now''

* StereotypeFlip - Trollope's Jewish characters tend to be anti-Semitic stereotypes, but Mr. Brehgert in ''The Way We Live Now'' turns out to be one of the novel's most genuinely decent and honorable men.

'''Anthony Trollope''' (1815 - 1882) was a prolific author. In a writing career of thirty-five years, he wrote forty-seven novels, seven non-fiction books, dozens of short stories, two plays, and an autobiography.

* MeaningfulName - Although he doesn't have as many as Dickens, Trollope nevertheless comes up with a few notable examples, including Plantagenet Palliser (from the Palliser novels), Dr. Pessimist Anticant and Sir Abraham Haphazard (''The Warden''), Obadiah Slope (''Barchester Towers''), and the Proudies (from the Barchester novels).

* ParentalMarriageVeto - Several tries, at least, including Archdeacon Grantley's attempt to nix his son Henry's marriage to Josiah Crawley's daughter Grace (''The Last Chronicle of Barset'') and Plantagenet Palliser's nay-saying about the marriages of two of his children (''The Duke's Children'').

* AmbiguouslyJewish - Melmotte, from ''The Way We Live Now,'' is the most notorious instance.

* BittersweetEnding - ''Lady Anna.'' It's not at all clear that this marriage [[spoiler: will be a pleasant one]].
* BreakingTheFourthWall - One of the hallmarks of Trollope's narrative voice.

* DoorStopper: The best-known novels all come out at seven, eight, or nine hundred pages, although ''The Warden'' is an exception.
** In ''On Writing'', StephenKing refers to ''Can You Forgive Her?'' as ''Can You Finish It?''

* HenpeckedHusband - Bishop Proudie from the Barchester series.

* ICouldaBeenAContender - Archdeacon Grantly from the Barchester series, who fails to get his promotion to Bishop.

* ItsTheSameNowItSucks - In the ''Autobiography'' (ch. XV), Trollope explains that he [[spoiler: did in Mrs. Proudie]] in ''The Last Chronicle of Barset'' after overhearing two men complaining about [[spoiler: her in particular]] and the repetitiveness of his novels in general.

* MeaningfulName - Although he doesn't have as many as Dickens, Trollope nevertheless comes up with a few notable examples, including Plantagenet Palliser (from the Palliser novels), Dr. Pessimist Anticant and Sir Abraham Haphazard (''The Warden''), Obadiah Slope (''Barchester Towers''), and the Proudies (from the Barchester novels).
* MistakenForCheating - ''He Knew He Was Right'' features a husband who becomes fixated on his wife's non-existent adultery.
* MoneyDearBoy - Trollope's ''Autobiography'' shocked many contemporary readers, thanks to Trollope's undisguised interest in earning good money for his fiction.

* ParentalMarriageVeto - Several tries, at least, including Archdeacon Grantley's attempt to nix his son Henry's marriage to Josiah Crawley's daughter Grace (''The Last Chronicle of Barset'') and Plantagenet Palliser's nay-saying about the marriages of two of his children (''The Duke's Children'').

* StereotypeFlip - Trollope's Jewish characters tend to be anti-Semitic stereotypes, but Mr. Brehgert in ''The Way We Live Now'' turns out to be one of the novel's most genuinely decent and honorable men.

* WeddingsForEveryone - Especially in ''The Way We Live Now'', which has six marriages in the last fifty-odd pages.

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed - the Palliser novels include politicians modeled on BenjaminDisraeli and WilliamGladstone.