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Celebrating Anthony Trollope's 209th Birthday

Anthony Trollope was born 24th April 1815 in Keppel Street, London

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Anthony Trollope was one of the most successful, prolific and respected novelists of the Victorian era.

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Celebrating Anthony Trollope’s 209th Birthday

Today, 24th April 2024, marks the 209th anniversary of Anthony Trollope's birth, a man whose life was as diverse as his talents. While primarily recognised as a prolific author, Trollope...

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He had surrounded himself with his papers, had gotten his books together and read up his old notes, had planned chapters ... revelled in those paraphernalia of work which are so dear to would-be working men; and then nothing had come of it.

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