Part of La Comédie Humaine, book 16
First published 2004
Anthony Trollope stands at the dock, eighteen months of colonial service behind him, expecting to find the England he left unchanged. Instead, he discovers a society riddled with corruption and moral bankruptcy. The Victorian writer who created the beloved Chronicles of Barsetshire and the fictional county of Basetshire now confronts a reality far darker than his imagined worlds. His prolific pen had explored political machinations, social divisions, and gender tensions in his novels, but nothing prepared him for the widespread immorality that has taken root in his absence. Trollope must navigate this transformed landscape, his writer's eye capturing the decay while his conscience demands action. The man who built his reputation on penetrating social observation now faces his greatest subject.
Genres: fiction, historical-fiction, 20th-century, 19th-century
Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: fish-out-of-water, social-commentary
Setting: England
Period: Victorian Era
48 pages · Paperback · Kessinger Publishing