A Chronology of Anthony Trollope's Writing Life

Below the reader will find a listing of all the fiction and non-fiction books and short stories Anthony Trollope wrote arranged by the year in which he began or wrote each. I have not included his miscellaneous essays, sketches, criticism, public letters or published lectures. I preface the list with Marcus Stone's drawing, "Trevelyan at Casalunga," from He Knew He Was Right, one of Trollope's finest long fictions.

Marcus Stone, "Trevelyan at Casalunga", He Knew He Was Right

The Macdermots of Ballycloran: A Historical Romance

Written 1843 (September) - 1845 (June)

Published as a book 1847 (March), Newby

The Kellys and O'Kellys; or Landlords and Tenants

Written ?1845-8

Published as a book 1848 (27 June), Henry Colburn

La Vendée; A Historical Romance

Written 1848-9
Published as a book 1850 (June), Henry Colburn

The Noble Jilt

Written 1850,18 June

Published as a book 1923, Constable

The Warden

Written 1852 (29 July) - 1853 (autumn)
Published as a book 1855 (5 January), Wm Longman

A Cover Illustration (& at least 2) by F. C. Tilney (later edition)

New Zealander

Written 1855 (February through March)

Published as a book 1971, Oxford (editor, N. John Hall)

Barchester Towers

Written 1856 (12 May - 9 November)
Published as a book 1857 (May), Wm Longman

The Three Clerks

Written 1857 (15 February - 18 August)
Published as a book 1857 (November), Richard Bentley
Frontispiece and Title Page by J Mahoney (1865, new edition, Bentley)

The Struggles of Brown, Jones, and Robinson: By One of the Firm

Written: began 1857 (24 August - 7 September); broke off until 1861 (23 June - 3 August)
Serialized Cornhill (August 1861 - March 1862)
Published as a book 1870 (November), George Smith
Four Plates by Unknown Hands

*An Earlier Pirated American edition 1862 (April), Harper Bros.

Dr Thorne

Written 1857 (20 October) - 1858 (31 March)
Published as a book 1858 (May), Chapman and Hall

4 Illustrations by H. L. Schlinder (later edition)

The Bertrams

Written 1858 (1 April - 26 December)
Published as a book 1859 (March), Chapman and Hall

The West Indies and the Spanish Main

Written 1859 (1 January - June)
Published as a book 1859 (October), Chapman and Hall

"Relics of General Chassé, A Tale of Antwerp"

Written 1859 (July)

Published 1860 (February), Harper's New Monthly Magazine
Published in a book 1861 (November), Tales of All Countries: First Series , Chapman and Hall

"The Courtship of Susan Bell"

Written 1859 (July)
Published 1860 (August), Harper's New Monthly Magazine

Published in a book 1861 (November),Tales of All Countries: First Series, Chapman and Hall

Castle Richmond

Written 1859 (4 August) - 1860 (28 February)
Published as a book 1860 (May), Chapman and Hall

"O'Conors of Castle Conor, County Mayo"

?earlier version written 1841 (September), Archibald Green story
Written 1859 (1 September - 29 October), inbetween writing Castle Richmond
Published 1860 (May),Harper's New Monthly Magazine

Published in a book 1861 (November), Tales of All Countries: First Series, Chapman and Hall

"La Mère Bauche"

Written 1859 (1 September - 29 October), inbetween writing Castle Richmond
Sold 1859 to Harper's New Monthly Magazine, but not printed

Published in a book 1861 (November), Tales of All Countries: First Series, Chapman and Hall

"An Unprotected Female at the Pyramids"

Written 1859 (1 September - 29 October), inbetween writing Castle Richmond
Serialized 1860 (October 6 & 13), Cassell's Illustrated Family Paper

Published in a book 1861 (November), Tales of All Countries: First Series, Chapman and Hall

"The Château of Prince Polignac"

Written 1859 (1 September - 29 October), inbetween writing Castle Richmond
Serialized 1860 (October 20 & 27), Cassell's Illustrated Family Paper

Published in a book 1861 (November), Tales of All Countries: First Series, Chapman and Hall

"Miss Sarah Jack of Spanish Town, Jamaica"

Written 1859 (1 September - 29 October), inbetween writing Castle Richmond
Serialized 1860 (Novembr 3 & 10), Cassell's Illustrated Family Paper

Published in a book 1861 (November), Tales of All Countries: First Series , Chapman and Hall

Framley Parsonage

Written 1859 (2 November) - 1860 (27 June)
Serialized 1860 (January) - 1861 (April), Cornhill
Illustrated John Everett Millais

Published as a book 1861 (April), George Smith

"Father Giles of Ballymoy"

?earlier version written 1841 (September), Archibald Green story
Published 1860 (May), Argosy
Published in a book 1867 (August), Lotta Schmidt and Other Stories, Strahan
Another version published in William Le Fanu's

Seventy Years of Irish Life. London, Edward Arnold, 1983 pp. 190-2

"John Bull on the Guadalquivir" ("Spanish Story")

Written 1860 (1 - 7 June)
Serialized 1860 (17 & 24 November), Cassell's Illustrated Family Paper

Published in a book 1861 (November), Tales of All Countries: First Series, Chapman and Hall

Orley Farm

Written 1860 (4 July) - 1861 (22 June)
Serialized 1861 (March) - 1862 (October), Monthly Shilling Parts

Illustrated John Everett Millais
Published as a book 1861 (Volume I, December), 1862 (Volume II, September Chapman and Hall

"A Ride Across Palestine" (alternate title: "The Banks of the Jordan")

Written 1860 (19 - 29 July)
Serialized 1861 (5, 12, 19 January), The London Review as "The Banks of the Jordan", Rejected by Cornhill

Published in a book 1863 (February), Tales of All Countries: Second Series, Chapman and Hall

"Mrs General Talboys"

Written 1860 (6 - 10 November)

Published 1861 (2 February), The London Review, rejected by Cornhill
Published in a book 1863 (February), Tales of All Countries: Second Series, Chapman and Hall

"The Parson's Daughter of Oxney Colne"

Written 1861 (13 - 19 January)
Published 1861 (2 March), The London Review

Published in a book 1863 (February), Tales of All Countries: Second Series, Chapman and Hall

"Returning Home"

Written 1861 (20 - 26 January)
Published 1861 (1 December), Public Opinion

Published in a book 1863 (February), Tales of All Countries: Second Series, Chapman and Hall

"The Man Who Kept His Money in a Box"

Written 1861 (27 January - February 1)
Published 1861 (November 2 & 9), Public Opinion

Published in a book 1863 (February), Tales of All Countries: Second Series, Chapman and Hall

"Aaron Trowe"

Written 1861 (February 3 - 12)
Serialized 1861 (14 & 16 December), Public Opinion

Published in a book 1863 (February), Tales of All Countries: Second Series, Chapman and Hall

"The House of Heine Brothers in Munich"

Written 1861 (7 - 10 April)
Serialized 1861 (16 & 23 November), Public Opinion

Published in a book 1863 (February), Tales of All Countries: Second Series, Chapman and Hall

"George Walker at Suez"

Written 1861 (12 - 15 April)
Published 1861 (28 December), Public Opinion

Published in a book 1863 (February), Tales of All Countries: Second Series, Chapman and Hall

"The Mistletoe Bough"

Written 1861 (4 August)
Published 1861 (21 December), The illustrated London News, Christmas Supplement

Published in a book 1863 (February), Tales of All Countries: Second Series, Chapman and Hall

North America

Written 1861 (16 September) - 1862 (17 April)
Published as a book 1862 (May), Chapman and Hall

"The Journey to Panama"

Written by 1861 (November)
Published 1861, The Victoria Regia: Original Contributions in Poetry and Prose, editor Adelaide A Proctor (Emily Faithfull at the the Victoria Press

Published in a book 1867 (August), Lotta Schmidt and Other Stories, Strahan

The Small House at Allington

Written 1862 (20 May) - 1863 (11 February)
Serialized 1862 (September) - 1864 (April), Cornhill Illustrated John Everett Millais

Oil Painting, Trust Me, which may illustrate this or an earlier novel, perhaps Orley Farm, see above
Published as a book 1864 (April), George Smith

"Miss Ophelia Gledd"

?Written 1862 (March or by March), Archibald Green story
Published 1863 A Welcome: Original Contributions in Poetry and Prose Addressed to Alexandria, Princess of Wales (Emily Faithfull)

Published in a book 1867 (August), Lotta Schmidt and Other Stories, Strahan

"The Widow's Mite"

Written 1862 (18 November - 8 December)
Published 1863 (January), Good Words

Published in a book 1867 (August), Lotta Schmidt and Other Stories, Strahan

Rachel Ray

Written 1863 (3 March - 29 June)
Published as a book 1863 (October), Chapman and Hall

Frontispiece and watercolor painting by John Everett Millais

Can You Forgive Her?

Written 1863 (16 August - 1864 (28 April)
Serialized 1864 (January) to 1865 (August), Monthly Shilling Parts
Illustrated Hablot Browne (Phiz) & Miss E Taylor

Published as a book 1864 (Volume I, September), 1865 (Volume II, July) Chapman and Hall

"The Two Generals"

Written 1863 (29 October - 8 November)
Published 1863 (December), Good Words

Published in a book 1867 (August), Lotta Schmidt and Other Stories , Strahan

Miss Mackenzie

Written 1864 (22 May - 18 August)

Published as a book 1865 (February), Chapman and Hall
Frontispiece and Title Page Illustration by Walter Crane

The Claverings

Written 1864 (24 August - 31 December)
Serialized 1866 (February) - 1867 (May), Cornhill Illustrated Mary Ellen Edwards

Published as a book 1867 (April), Smith & Elder

"Malachi's Cove"

Written 1864 (6 - 9 September)
Published 1864 (December), Good Words

Published in a book 1867 (August), Lotta Schmidt and Other Stories, Strahan

The Belton Estate

Written 1865 (30 January - 4 September)

Serialised 1865 (15 May) - 1866 (1 January), Fortnightly Review
Published as a book 1865 (December), Chapman and Hall

Hunting Sketches

Written 1865 (9 February - 20 March)
Serialized 1865, Pall Mall Gazette

Published as a book 1865 (May), Chapman and Hall

Travelling Sketches

Written 1865 (3 August - 6 September)
Serialized 1865, Pall Mall Gazette

Published as a book 1866 (February), Chapman and Hall

Nina Balatka, The Story of a Maiden of Prague

Written 1865 (3 November - 31 December)
Serialized 1866 (July) - 1867 (January), Blackwood's

Published as a book 1867 (January), Blackwood

Clergymen of the Church of England

Written (begun) 1865 (20 Novemeber, "Clerical Sketch"), completed 1866 (25 January)
Serialized 1865 - 1866, Pall Mall Gazette

Published as a book 1866 (March), Chapman and Hall

The Last Chronicle of Barsetshire

Written 1866 (20 January - 15 September)
Serialized 1866 (1 December) - 1867 (6 July), Weekly Sixpenny Parts
Illustrated 1866, George Housman Thomas; 1878, Francis Arthur Fraser

Published as a book 1867 (Volume I, March, Volume II, July), Smith and Elder

Phineas Finn, the Irish Member

Written 1866 (17 November) - 1867 (15 May)
Serialized 1867 (October) to 1868 (May), St Paul's

Illustrated John Everett Millais
Published as a book 1869 (March), George Virtue

"The Gentle Euphemia"

?There is nothing to suggest when it was written.

Published 1866 (1 May), Fortnightly Review

"Lotta Schmidt"

?1865-67, Trollope travelled in Vienna; it was written during this time

Published 1866 (Christmas Number), Argosy
Published in a book 1867 (August), Lotta Schmidt and Other Stories, Strahan

"The Adventures of Fred Pickering"

?Written 1864 (9 March), when AT joined Royal Literary Fund Published 1866 (September), The Argosy

Published in a book 1867 (August), Lotta Schmidt and Other Stories, Strahan

"The Last Austrian Who Left Venice"

Written 1866 (8 - 14 December)
Published 1867 (January), Good Words

Published in a book 1867 (August), Lotta Schmidt and Other Stories, Strahan

Linda Tressel

Written 1867 (2 June - 10 July)
Serialized 1867 (October) - 1868 (May), Blackwood's

Published as a book 1868 (May), Blackwood

The Golden Lion of Granpère

Written 1867 (1 September - 22 October)
Serialized 1872 (January - August), Good Words
Illustrated by Francis Arthur Fraser

Published as a book 1872 (May), Wm Tinsley (associate of Strahan), also Harper in US (with illustrations)

He Knew He Was Right

Written 1867 (13 November) - 1868 (12 June)
Serialized 1868 (17 October) - 1869 (22 May), Weekly Sixpenny Parts
Illustrated Marcus Stone

Published as a book 1869 (May), Strahan

The Vicar of Bullhampton

Written 1868 (15 June - 1 November)
Serialized 1869 (July - 1870 (May), Monthly shilling numbers
Illustrated Henry Woods

Published as a book 1870 (April), Bradbury and Evans

Sir Harry Hotspur of Humblethwaite

Written 1868 (27 December) - 1869 (30 January)
Serialized 1870 (May - December), Macmillan's Magazine

Published as a book 1871, Hurst and Blackett

Ralph the Heir

Written 1869 (4 April - 7 August)
Serialized 1870 (January) - 1871 (July), St Paul's, Supplement, monthly numbers
Illustrated Francis Arthur Fraser

Published as a book 1871 (April), Hurst and Blackett

Did He Steal It?

Written 1869 (25 March), play adapted from Last Chronicle of Barsetshire Privately printed by George Virtue

Published as a book 1952, Princeton University Press

"The Turkish Bath"

?Written after 1867 (October) when he became editor of St Paul's
Published 1869 (October), St Paul's

Published in a book 1870 (June), An Editor's Tales, Strahan

"Mary Gresley"

?Written after 1867 (October) when he became editor of St Paul's
Published 1869 (November), St Paul's

Published in a book 1870 (June), An Editor's Tales, Strahan

"Josephine de Montmorenci

?Written after 1867 (October) when he became editor of St Paul's
Published 1869 (December), St Paul's

Published in a book 1870 (June), An Editor's Tales, Strahan

The Eustace Diamonds

Written 1869 (4 December - 1870 (25 August)
Serialized 1871 (July) - 1873 (February), Fortnightly Review
Published as a book 1872 (October), Chapman and Hall

There is a Frontispiece to 1876 Chapman & Hall edition

"The Panjandrum"

?Written 1865 (or 1841-2; tales of inner circle of promoters for Pall Mall Gazette
narrator a Mr Green)
Published 1870 (January - February), St Paul's

Published in a book 1870 (June), An Editor's Tales, Strahan

The Commentaries of Caesar

Written 1870 (9 January - 25 April)

Published as a book 1870 (June), Blackwood

"The Spotted Dog"

?Written after 1867 (October) when he became editor of St Paul's
Serialized 1870 (March - April), St Paul's

Published in a book 1870 (June), An Editor's Tales, Strahan

"Mrs Brumby"

?Written after 1867 (October) when he became editor of St Paul's
Published 1870 (May), St Paul's

Published in a book 1870 (June), An Editor's Tales, Strahan

"Christmas Day at Kirby Cottage"

Written 1870 (3 - 10 June)

Published 1870, Routledge's Christmas Annual

An Eye for An Eye

Written 1870 (13 September - 10 October)
Serialized 1878 (24 August) - 1879 (1 February), Whitehall Review

Published as a book 1879 (January), Chapman and Hall

Phineas Redux

Written 1870 (23 October) - 1871 (1 April)
Serialized 1873 (19 July) - 1874 (10 January), Graphic

Illustrated Francis Montague Holl
Published as a book 1873 (December), Chapman and Hall

Lady Anna

Written 1871 (25 May - 19 July)

Serialized 1873 (April) - 1874 (April), Fortnightly Review
Published as a book 1874 (March), Chapman and Hall

Australia and New Zealand

Written 1871 (23 October) - 1873 (January 15)
Serialised in Australiasian (Melbourne newspaper, 22 Feb 1873 - 20 June 1874

Published as a book 1873 (Febuary), Chapman and Hall

The Way We Live Now

Written 1873 (1 May - 22 December)
Serialized 1874 (February) - 1875 (September), Monthly Shilling Parts

Illustrated Lionel F. Fawkes
Published as a book 1875 (June), Chapman and Hall

Harry Heathcoat of Gangoil. A Tale of Australian Bush Life

Written 1873 (1 - 28 June)
Serialized 1873 (15 November - 1874 (3 January) in Age (Melbourne); also 20 December in Graphic
6 Illustrations by Unknown Hands

Published as a book 1874 (October), Sampson Low

The Prime Minister

Written 1874 (1 April - 15 September)
Serialized 1875 (November) - 1876 (June), Monthly Shilling Parts

Published as a book 1876 (June), Chapman and Hall

Is He Popenjoy?

Written 1874 (12 October) - 1875 (3 May)
Serialized 1877 (13 October) - 1878 (1 July), All the Year Round

Published as a book 1878 (April), Chapman and Hall

The American Senator

Written 1875 (4 June - 24 September)
Serialized 1876 (May) - 1877 (July), Temple Bar

Published as a book 1877 (June), Chapman and Hall

"Never, never, -- Never, never: A Condensed Novel in Three Parts, after the Manner of Bret Harte"

Written 1875 (October - November)
Serialized 1875 (6, 8, 10 December), Sheets for the Cradle

Published as a book 1971, privately printed, introd. Lance O. Tingay

An Autobiography

Written 1875 (October) - 1876 (April), revised sometime in 1879

Published as a book 1883 (October), Blackwood

"Christmas at Thompson Hall"

Written 1876 (April)
Published 1876, Graphic, Christmas Number
Illustrated William Small

Published in a book 1882 (December), Why Frau Frohmann Raised Her Prices; and Other Stories, Wm Isbister

The Duke's Children

Written 1876 (2 May - 29 October)
Serialized 1879 (4 October) - 1880 (14 July), All the Year Round

Published as a book 1880 (May), Chapman and Hall

John Caldigate

Written 1877 (3 February - 21 July)
Serialized 1878 (April) - 1879 (June), Blackwood's

Published as a book 1879 (May), Chapman and Hall

"Why Frau Frohmann Raised Her Prices"

?There is no document to pinpoint when this was written;
Asked by Donald Macleod, brother and successor to Norman Macleod at Good Words for a 'storiette', 1876 (24 October), Trollope produced this, paid £175.
Serialized 1877 (February - May), Good Words

Published in a book 1882 (December), Why Frau Frohmann Raised Her Prices; and Other Stories, Wm Isbister

Life of Cicero

Begins research 1877 (22 February); written by 1880 (26 May)

Published as a book 1880 (November), Chapman and Hall

South Africa

Written 1877 (23 July) - 1878 (2 January)
Published as a book 1878 (February), Chapman and Hall

"The Telegraph Girl"

?Written as companion piece to journalistic essay, "The Young Women at the Telegraph Office", published 1877 (June), Good Words
Published 1877 (December), Good Cheer, Christmas Number of Good Words

Published in a book 1882 (December), Why Frau Frohmann Raised Her Prices; and Other Stories, Wm Isbister

"The Lady of Launay"

Written 1878 (18 March)
Serialized 1878 (6 April - 11 May), Light

Published in a book 1882 (December), Why Frau Frohmann Raised Her Prices; and Other Stories, Wm Isbister

"Alice Dugdale"

Written 1878 (12 May - 10 June)
Published 1878 (December), Good Cheer, Christmas Number of Good Words

Published in a book 1882 (December), Why Frau Frohmann Raised Her Prices; and Other Stories, Wm Isbister

How the 'Mastiffs' Went to Iceland

Written 1878 (June)

Privately printed 1878 (October)

Ayala's Angel

Written 1878 (25 April - 24 September)
Serialized 1880 (6 November) - 1881 (23 July), Cincinnati Commercial

Published as a book 1881 (May), Chapman and Hall

"Catherine Carmichael; or Three Years Running"

Written 1878 (3 - 4 October)
Published 1878 (November), Masonic Magazine, Christmas Number

Published in a book 1882 (December), Why Frau Frohmann Raised Her Prices; and Other Stories, Wm Isbister

Cousin Henry

Written 1878 (26 October - 8 December)
Serialized 1879 (8 March - 24 May), Manchester Weekly Times & North British Weekly Mail

Published as a book 1879 (October), Chapman and Hall

Marion Fay

Written 1878 (23 December) - 1879 (21 November)
Serialized 1881 (3 December) - 1882 (3 June), Graphic and Illustrated Sydney News
Illustrated William Small

Published as a book 1882 (May), Chapman and Hall

Thackeray

Written 1879 (1 April - 25 March)

Published as a book 1879, Macmillan

Dr Wortle's School

Written 1879 (8 - 29 April)
Serialized 1880 (May - December), Blackwood's

Published as a book 1881 (January), Chapman and Hall

Kept in the Dark

Written 1880 (18 August - 15 December)
Serialized 1882 (May - December), Good Words
Frontispiece John Everett Millais

Published as a book 1882 (October), Chatto and Windus

The Fixed Period

Written 1880 (17 December) - 1881 (28 February)
Serialized 1881 (October) - 1882 (May), Blackwood's

Published as a book 1882 (March), Blackwood

Mr Scarborough's Family

Written 1881 (14 March - 31 October)
Serialized 1882 (27 May) - 1883 (16 June), All the Year Round

Published as a book 1883 (April), Chatto and Windus

Lord Palmerston

Written 1881 (November) - 1882 (1 February)

Published as a book 1882 (June), Isbister

An Old Man's Love

Written 1882 (20 February - 9 May)

Published as a book 1884 (May), Blackwood

"The Two Heroines of Plumplington"

Written 1882 (June or by June)

Published 1882 (December), Good Cheer, the Christmas Number of Good Words

The Landleaguers

Written 1882 (June - November, in the midst when he died)

Serialized 1882 (16 November) - 1883 (4 October), Life
Published as a book 1883 (October), Chatto and Windus

"Not If I Know It"

Written 1882 (9 August)

Published 1882 Life, Christmas Number

Compiled by Ellen Moody

Copyright © Ellen Moody 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003

Trollope playing whist with three friends: Abraham Hayward, a political journalist; W. E. Forster, MP (remembered for the Education Act, 1870); Sir George Jessel, M.P. Solicitor-General and Master of Rolls. From M. L. Irwin, Anthony Trollope: A Bibliography, 1926.

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