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An Autobiography - and Other Writings (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)
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An Autobiography - and Other Writings (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)
Series: Oxford World's Classics
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'I hated the office. I hated my work...the only career in life
within my reach was that of an author.' The only autobiography by a
major Victorian novelist, Trollope's account offers a fascinating
insight into his literary life and opinions. After a miserable
childhood and misspent youth, Trollope turned his life around at
the age of twenty-six. By 1860 the 'hobbledehoy' had become both a
senior civil servant and a best-selling novelist. He worked for the
Post Office for many years and stood unsuccessfully for Parliament.
Best-known for the two series of novels grouped loosely around the
clerical and political professions, the Barsetshire and Palliser
series, in his Autobiography Trollope frankly describes his writing
habits. His apparent preoccupation with contracts, deadlines, and
earnings, and his account of the remorseless regularity with which
he produced his daily quota of words, has divided opinion ever
since. This edition reassesses the work's distinctive qualities and
includes a selection of Trollope's critical writings to show how
subtle and complex his approach to literature really was. ABOUT THE
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