Anthony Trollope Quotes


I do not think myself to be a worm, and a grub, grass of the field fit only to be burned, a clod, a morsel of putrid atoms that should be thrown to the dungheap, ready for the nethermost pit. Nor if I did should I therefore expect to sit with Angels and Archangels.


Citations

Trollope, Anthony. The Last Chronicle of Barset. Smith, Elder and Co., 1867.

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Anthony Trollope
Anthony Trollope
  • Born: April 24, 1815
  • Died: December 6, 1882
  • Nationality: British
  • Profession: Novelist; Civil Servant (Post Office)

Anthony Trollope was an English novelist and civil servant of the Victorian era. Among his best-known works is a series of novels collectively known as the Chronicles of Barsetshire, which revolves around the imaginary county of Barsetshire. He also wrote novels on political, social, and gender issues, and other topical matters.