"There are worse things than a lie . . . I have found . . . that it may be well to choose one sin in order that another may be shunned." (Doctor Wortle's School ch. 6)
 
 

1815 Anthony Trollope born in Bloomsbury, London, 24 April.

1822 Sent to Harrow as day boy.

1825 Sent to private school.

1827 Sent to Winchester.

1830 Sent again to Harrow.

1834 Moves to Bruges with family.

1834 Becomes junior clerk at the General Post Office, London.

1841 Becomes Deputy Postal Surveyor at Banagher in Ireland.

1843 Begins writing The Macdermots of Ballycloran.

1844 Marries Rose Heseltine. Transfers to the Southern District of Ireland, headquartered at Clonmel.

1846 First son, Henry Merivale, born.

1847 Second son, Frederick James Anthony, born. The Macdermots of Ballycloran published.

1851 Transferred to western England.

1852 Begins writing The Warden.

1853 Returns to Ireland.

1854 Promoted to Surveyor in Northern District of Ireland.

1855 The Warden.

1857 Barchester Towers.

1858 Doctor Thorne. Travels on postal missions to Egypt and the West Indies.

1859 Begins writing Framley Parsonage for the Cornhill. Leaves Ireland and settles in England at Waltham Cross.

1860 Castle Richmond. Visits brother in Florence.

1861 Framley Parsonage. Travels on postal mission to the United States.

1862 Orley Farm.

1863 Rachel Ray.

1864 The Small House at Allington and Can You Forgive Her?

1865 Miss Mackenzie.

1866 The Belton Estate.

1867 The Claverings and The Last Chronicle of Barset. Resigns from the Post Office.

1868 Travels on postal mission in the United States. Stands unsuccessfully for seat in Parliament.

1869 Phineas Finn and He Knew He Was Right.

1871 Ralph the Heir. Gives up Waltham House and visits son Frederick in Australia.

1872 Travels in Australia, New Zealand, and the United States, and settles in London on return.

1873 The Eustace Diamonds.

1874 Phineas Redux.

1875 Travels in Ceylon and Australia. The Way We Live Now. Begins Autobiography.

1876 The Prime Minister. Finishes Autobiography.

1877 Travels in South Africa.

1878 Is He Popenjoy?

1879 John Caldigate.

1880 The Duke's Children. Moves from London to Hampshire.

1881 Dr. Wortle's School and Ayala's Angel.

1882 Travels in Ireland. Dies in London, 6 December.

1883 Mr. Scarborough's Family and the Autobiography published posthumously.

* This chronology is taken from Susan Peck MacDonald, Anthony Trollope (Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1987

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