What I Remember [FIRST EDITION]

Trollope, Thomas Adolphus

Verlag: William Kimber, London, England, 1973

Beschreibung

Fine condition textured maroon cloth boards with gold spine lettering contained in a near fine condition non price-clipped color photographic dust jacket. Includes List of Illustrations; Editor's Introduction; Notes and Index. Illustrated with black-and-white photographic plates. Edited by Herbert van Thal. "Thomas Adolphus Trollope, the eldest son of Mrs. Frances Trollope, has been completely overshadowed by his brother Anthony, yet during his life time he was as well-known and was indeed as prolific a writer as were his mother and Anthony. From 1861 to 1877 he published thirteen novels and two volumes of short stories, many of which were highly popular; and his first book - an account of a summer holiday spent in Brittany - was published in 1840. It was after his mother had become world-famous with her acount of her life in the U.S.A., The Domestic Manners of the Americans, that Thomas Adolphus agreed to accompany her on futre travels. In 1843 they settled in Florence, and there he met and married his first wife, a poetess, Theodisia Garrow in 1848. With all three of them busily writing, they bought a villa which became famous as the Villino Trollope; and here they met all the galaxy of English notabilities who were also then living in Florence: Landor, the Brownings, Dickens, G.H. Lewes, George Eliot - being only a few of them. With Dickens, Thomas Adolphus was especially friendly and became a valued contributor to his journals. Thomas Adolphus appears in his autobiography as more than lifesize: a man somewhat outspoken as was his younger brother, but with a pleasant sense of humour, a lively pen, with considerable abilities and a wide knowledge. This edition has been abridged by the editor from the original two volumes of What I Remember published in 1887." - from the inner front jacket flap. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 005886

Bibliografische Details

Titel: What I Remember [FIRST EDITION]

Verlag: William Kimber, London, England

Erscheinungsdatum: 1973

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Fine

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine

Auflage: 1st Edition