Anthony Trollope, The Prime Minister

Jane Nardin (National University of Singapore)

The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.1.07: English Writing and Culture of the Victorian Period, 1837-1901.
Vol. editors: Gillian Fenwick (University of Toronto), Jessica Gossling (Goldsmiths College, University of London)

Dates

First circulation or publication 1875 - 1876

Places

England (Country of Origin)

Genres and Modes

Novel

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By the end of 1873, Anthony Trollope had published a series of four interconnected novels dealing with politics and including the Liberal politician Plantagenet Palliser and his wife Lady Glencora as either major or minor characters. These works and their two successors would later become known as the “Palliser Novels.” The first Palliser novel,

Can You Forgive Her?

, traces the traumatic early years of Plantagenet and Glencora's arranged marriage, years which end in the birth of a son and the development of some affection and trust between the spouses. In

Phineas Finn

, Glencora schemes to prevent her husband's uncle, the Duke of Omnium, from marrying, lest he should produce an heir who would supplant her husband and son as successors to the dukedom. The following two novels,

The

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Citation: Nardin, Jane. "The Prime Minister". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 05 April 2006 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=7449, accessed 19 April 2024.]

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