About the book:
Trollope's funniest villain-protagonist: Lizzie Eustace, widow, liar, and possessor of a diamond necklace she has no right to.
A comedy of manners about greed and the gap between self-presentation and reality.
Trollope at his most caustic.
Good secondhand condition.
Mild wear to cover and spine.
Back cover a bit loose at lower end.
Pages well bound and intact.
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About the author:Anthony Trollope (1815 to 1882)
Anthony Trollope was born on April 24, 1815, in London, England, into an intellectually ambitious but financially struggling family. After an unhappy schooldays and years working for the Post Office, he found stability in Ireland and later England, where he began writing while maintaining a full-time career. His experiences of social hierarchy, bureaucracy, and middle-class life, combined with a strong sense of moral duty and sharp observational powers, shaped a pragmatic, humane worldview that valued honesty, social responsibility, and the complexities of human relationships.
Trollope achieved major success with the Chronicles of Barsetshire series, beginning with The Warden (1855). His clear, realistic, and psychologically astute styleoften described as conversational and richly detailedexcelled at portraying Victorian society with both affection and gentle satire. Major achievements include creating some of the most enduring depictions of English provincial and political life, with a prolific output of over 40 novels that influenced the development of the realist novel.
Influenced by William Makepeace Thackeray, Jane Austen, and the traditions of English social comedy, Trollope also drew from his own observations of politics, the church, and commerce. He, in turn, profoundly shaped later novelists including Thomas Hardy, George Eliot (in influence), Henry James, and 20th-century chroniclers of society such as C. P. Snow, J. B. Priestley, and Simon Raven. Adjacent figures include his contemporaries Charles Dickens, Wilkie Collins, and George Eliot, as well as fellow chroniclers of Victorian manners.
Recurring themes in Trollopes work include social ambition and class, moral dilemmas in public and private life, love and marriage, political intrigue, the clergy, and the tension between personal desire and societal duty. Major works include The Warden (1855), Barchester Towers (1857), The Last Chronicle of Barset (1867), Phineas Finn (1869), The Way We Live Now (1875), and The Eustace Diamonds (1871).
In his later years, Trollope continued writing steadily while suffering from declining health. He died on December 6, 1882, in London. His legacy as one of the greatest chroniclers of Victorian England endures, and his unique contribution lies in portraying the moral and social fabric of his time with unparalleled realism, psychological insight, and compassionate understanding of human frailty.
