Just as the year 2025 begins, I have begun to read a new book. It is a Victorian novel by one of my favorite authors, Anthony Trollope. The Vicar of Bullhampton is a stand-alone novel, not part of one of Trollope's novel series, like the Chronicles of Barestshire, or the Palliser series. I chose this book since it will be the topic of discussion at an online bookclub organized by The Trollope Society. The first 14 chapters are due to be covered in the first meeting on Monday, January 6, 2025. So far, I've made it through eight chapters and found the book to have a faster start than some of Trollope's novels. Several main characters have already been introduced, and there's been a minor scuffle between two of them. Tension, conflict, and a budding love affair, all in the first 52 pages! This novel was published in 1870, by which time the prolific Trollope was a well-established author. I've read over a dozen of his other works and look forward to completing this one.
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