Happy 210th birthday to Anthony Trollope! It was on this day in 1815 that one of the best known Victorian novelists was born. That year also saw the Battle of Waterloo, and the end of the Napoleonic Wars. It also was the year of the Corn Laws; protectionist tariffs are nothing new, you see. Trollope's life saw a lot of social change and turmoil. And before his death in 1882 he wrote 47 novels, along with short stories and travelogues. All while holding a day job with the Royal Mail. A remarkably prolific author. His books are both entertaining and thought-provoking, as they satirize many social and political aspects of life in his day. As I continue to read his works as park of the Trollope Society Big Read, I will remember this day as one that marks the beginning of an astonishing life.
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