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Trollope

[ trol-uhp ]

noun

  1. Anthony, 1815–82, English novelist.


Trollope

/ ˈtrɒləp /

noun

  1. TrollopeAnthony18151882MEnglishWRITING: novelist 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. TrollopeJoanna1943FBritishWRITING: novelist 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)


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  • Trol·lop·i·an Trol·lop·e·an [tr, uh, -, lop, -ee-, uh, n, -, loh, -pee-, trol-, uh, -, pee, -], adjective noun

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Example Sentences

Phineas Finn by Anthony Trollope, the story of an Irish lawyer who more or less wanders into Parliament.

Trollope is almost alone in being the great bard of liberal democracy.

So is Frances Trollope, who went to open a dress shop in Cincinnati.

Do we abandon David Copperfield or Great Expectations and grow up to live in the novels of Anthony Trollope?

Anthony Trollope did not invent such reckless capitalists, he merely brought real life to the page.

Her fat red cheeks would quiver with emotion, and be wet with briny tears, over the sorrows of Mr. Trollope's heroines.

Near at hand is the home where Anthony Trollope, the novelist, lived for many years, and his sister is buried in the churchyard.

Mrs. Trollope's account of it may perhaps entertain the reader; therefore I have put it in the Appendix.

Anthony Trollope dined with us, and made me like him very much by his straightforward, wholesome Wesen.

Mr. Lewes is going to lecture for the Post-office this evening, by Mr. Trollope's request.

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