Which Trollope next?

Now that the group reads of Anthony Trollope's 'Barchester' and 'Palliser' novels have been wrapped up, there has been some interest expressed in going on to some other of the author's (many!) novels.

A group read of the expanded edition of The Duke's Children is already slated for later in the year, September or October.

It would also be possible to slot in another Trollope read in June or July, if there was sufficient interest.

Other than his two famous series, the 'imperative' Trollope novels are usually considered to be He Knew he Was Right and The Way We Live Now.

Other suggestions made so far include:
- The Bertrams
- Orley Farm
- The Vicar Of Bullhampton

Meanwhile, my own obsession with 'in order' naturally suggests The Macdermots Of Ballycloran.

If you would be interested in reading more works by Anthony Trollope, please say so here; and if there is a particular novel you would like to suggest, feel free to add it to the list.

Because I have an unread audiobook of The Way we Live Now I would like to read that next, but since most of Trollope's works are available free or cheap as ebooks I'd happily go with any other!

I am more interested in reading The Way We Live Now or He Knew He Was Right than the other more obscure works. I may or may not join in on some of the lesser known works, but I will definitely join in on those two.

I'm interested in all of the ones listed with the possible exception of The Macdermots Of Ballycloran (sorry Liz). Although if you do read that I may try it anyway.

You cut me to the heart. :)

Okay: from input here plus suggestions offered elsewhere, I am going to propose a group read of He Knew He Was Right in July.

Please let me know if this does / does not suit you.

Thanks!

>6 lyzard: Yes, definitely!

>6 lyzard: Sounds good to me!

>6 lyzard: I'll be ready!

We have a plan!

Thanks, everyone. :)

A reminder that the group read of He Knew He Was Right will be starting shortly---I will put the thread up in the next couple of days.

Hope to see you all there! :)

Next month, there will be a group read of the restored version of Anthony Trollope's The Duke's Children.

The full text is now available in an edition from Penguin, in edition to the Folio Society edition; however, the former lacks the latter's significant annotations and essays explaining what was restored and why.

So this raises a couple of questions about the purpose and conduct of the group read---the overarching one being, what is the best way to proceed?

I am imaging that this project will mostly (not necessarily exclusively) be of interest to those who read the shorter, 'standard' text of The Duke's Children earlier this year, and that its main aim will be to examine what was cut and why, and what difference the restorations make to the overall impact and purport of the material.

Since I have the Folio edition*, one idea I had was that I should try to post each day about a couple or a few chapters, noting the changes made.

However, if anyone has an alternative idea about the best way to proceed, please post it here so we can consider it and make a decision about the structure of the group read.

(*Again, to those of you involved in sending me this wonderful gift, thank you! YOU ROCK!!)

>12 lyzard: Your plan sounds perfect to me. I have the Penguin edition.

>12 lyzard: That sounds good to me. My main concern is that I will struggle to remember which bits were part of the standard shorter text and which bits are new to the restored version. I will buy the Everyman hardback edition to read but I haven't done so yet so don't know if that edition highlights the changes.

>13 kac522:

Thanks, Kathy - glad you'll be joining us!

>14 souloftherose:

I don't think the other editions point out the restored material, or at least not in as much detail, so that's what I'm planning to contribute to the thread from the Folio. Hopefully this will allow everyone to understand the differences between the two versions, and the effect upon the narrative and character development.

I like your idea too, Liz. I'm most interested in seeing how the massive cuts affected character and plot development.

The thread is now up for the group read of the restored edition of The Duke's Children:

Here

Please note that while this project is chiefly about examining the differences between the standard and restored texts, readers undertaking the novel for the first time are welcome to join us.