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Trollope

American  
[trol-uhp] / ˈtrɒl əp /

noun

  1. Anthony, 1815–82, English novelist.


Trollope British  
/ ˈtrɒləp /

noun

  1. Anthony . 1815–82, English novelist. His most successful novels, such as The Warden (1855), Barchester Towers (1857), and Dr Thorne (1858), are those in the Barsetshire series of studies of English provincial life. The Palliser series of political novels includes Phineas Redux (1874) and The Prime Minister (1876)

  2. Joanna . born 1943, British novelist: her works include The Choir (1988), A Village Affair (1989), The Rector's Wife (1991), The Best of Friends (1995), and The Girl From the South (2002)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Cooper, known for her best-selling romps including Rivals and Riders, died in October aged 88, while Kinsella and Trollope both died in December.

From BBC May 11, 2026

It sounds like something out of a Trollope novel—a well-behaved boy lapping up statecraft over dinner.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 2, 2026

Trollope was born in Gloucestershire, a fifth-generation niece of the English novelist Anthony Trollope.

From BBC Dec. 12, 2025

I do know that I’ve long lived inside the books of Trollope, Dickens, Austen, Gaskell.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 29, 2025

All his friends recognize in Adolphus Trollope that rare union of rectitude and reflection which constitutes the genuine philosopher.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 120, October, 1867. by Various

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