Fanny Trollope

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Born in Bristol in 1779, Fanny Trollope was the daughter of a country parson. She married a barrister in 1809, and produced seven children in eight years, but with her husband in financial trouble she decided to take three of the children to America where living was cheaper. She also hoped to set up her son Henry in business. The bazaar she built was a disaster, and she returned to England on borrowed money, but the book of those years, Domestic Manners of the Americans, was an instant bestseller, and changed her...
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Born in Bristol in 1779, Fanny Trollope was the daughter of a country parson. She married a barrister in 1809, and produced seven children in eight years, but with her husband in financial trouble she decided to take three of the children to America where living was cheaper. She also hoped to set up her son Henry in business. The bazaar she built was a disaster, and she returned to England on borrowed money, but the book of those years, Domestic Manners of the Americans, was an instant bestseller, and changed her life forever. Still plagued by financial problems, the family were forced to flee to Belgium, where Fanny became the sole breadwinner, supporting the family by writing, while nursing her husband and Henry, who were both now dying. She wrote until she was seventy-seven, producing forty-one books in twenty-four years. With their accurate and wickedly satirical look at the modes of contemporary Regency and early Victorian life, her books caused outrage among many, but were widely admired by many of the leading writers of the day, among them Charles Dickens and Mark Twain. This new biography, the result of extensive research in the UK, Europe and Australia, draws on little-known family albums and papers to present a compelling portrayal of a remarkable woman writer. A vivid and engaging life story, it also importantly makes clear the formative influence that Fanny had on her son Anthony's work.
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Better known today as the mother of writer Anthony Trollope, the clever, indefatigable, and resourceful Frances Milton Trollope (1779-1863) was a popular and controversial writer in England and America in her day, producing 40 books in 115 volumes after the age of 53. In this biography, Ransom, an indirect descendant of the Trollope family, focuses on Trollope as a writer of travel books; social, cultural, and moral satires; Gothic novels; romances; and a murder mystery. Ransom draws upon previous scholarship, particularly Helen Heineman's Mrs. Trollope (1979), her own research of primary materials, reading of Trollope's writings, and travels following the trail of Fanny in Europe. Ransom provides a new perspective on the influences of Fanny and her writings on her son and his writings. This biography is an interesting, well-written, vivid account that should revive general interest in and encourage further literary scholarship on Frances Trollope as a writer.-Jeris Cassel, Rutgers Univ. Libs., New Brunswick, N.J.
Patricia Hassler
Anthony Trollope's mother was the famous member of the family during most of his lifetime. Fanny Milton Trollope was a prolific and popular Regency writer who produced 41 books in 24 years in an effort to support her beleaguered family. She began writing at age 53 while supporting six children, four of whom would die of tuberculosis. Fanny was a powerhouse of energy who surrounded herself with coteries, assemblies, balls, and masquerades. Drawing upon her own observations, Trollope's works ranged from travel books to romances, gothic novels, and a detective story. Her most popular efforts were satirical novels of domestic manners in which she attacked myriad societal offenses, including child labor, slavery, women's rights, workhouses, and, alas, book reviewers. The latter reviled her work, mistaking candor for vulgarity. Teresa Ransom, one of Fanny's distant relatives, has used family memoirs, autobiographies, and contemporary letters to document the life and career of an early feminist who produced not only a world-famous son but literary heroines as deliciously rebellious as herself.
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  • ISBN-13: 9780312126186
  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
  • Publication date: 8/1/1995
  • Pages: 240
  • Product dimensions: 6.47 (w) x 9.52 (h) x 0.87 (d)

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