Two series, every Monday

The BIG READ returns with two series, Barsetshire and Complete Novels, meeting on alternate Mondays.
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Anthony Trollope was one of the most successful, prolific and respected novelists of the Victorian era.

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The BIG READ 2027: Two series, every Monday

The Trollope Society is delighted to announce two BIG READ programmes for 2027, with a Zoom meeting every Monday throughout the year. Since the BIG READ began in 2020, readers from...

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A man shall be possessed of florid youthful blooming health till, it matters not what age. Thirty - forty - fifty, then comes some nipping frost, some period of agony, that robs the fibres of the body of their succulence, and the hale and hearty man is counted among the old.

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We have restarted our in-person events, we also have an extensive programme of Zoom events planned, so you can still join us online and meet other Trollope enthusiasts from all over the world.

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It is astonishing how the greatest difficulties will sink away, and become as it were nothing, when they are encountered face to face.

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