Three Clerks

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By Listen TheBook Posted on May 30, 2023

In Category - Published 1800 -1900

Authors: Anthony Trollope In Year : 1858

Book Language: English

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The Weights and Measures
The Internal Navigation
The Woodwards
Captain Cuttwater
Bushey Park
Sir Gregory Hardlines
Mr. Fidus Neverbend
The Hon. Undecimus Scott
Mr. Manylodes
Wheal Mary Jane
The Three Kings
Consolation
A Communication of Importance
Very Sad
Norman Returns to town
The First Wedding
The Honourable Mrs. Val and Miss Go lightly
A Day with One of the Navvies. -Morning
A Day with One of the Navvies. -Afternoon
A Day with One of the Navvies. -Evening
Hampton Court Bridge
Crinoline and Macassar; Or, My Aunt's Will
Surbiton Colloquies
Mr. M'Buffer accepts the Chiltern Hundreds
Chiswick Gardens
Katie's First Ball
Excelsior
Outerman v. Tudor
Easy is the Slope of Hell
Mrs. Woodward's Request
How Apollo Saved the Navvy
The Parliamentary Committee
To Stand, or Not to Stand
Westminster Hall
Mrs. Val's new Carriage
Ticklish Stock
Tribulation
Alaric Tudor Takes a Walk
The Last Breakfast
Mr. Chaffanbrass
The Old Bailey
A Parting Interview
Millbank
The Criminal Population is Disposed of
The Fate of the Navvies
Mr Nogo's Last Question
Conclusion

The Three Clerks was Trollope’s sixth novel and was written mostly in railway carriages, since his work for the Post Office still entailed a good deal of travelling; to make life easier for himself, Trollope had devised what he called his ‘tablet’, a square block which he rested upon his knees in such a way that he could write in complete comfort. The story is drawn from his memories of his work (as a clerk) at the GPO in St Martin-le-Grand, and it is considered the most autobiographical of Trollope’s novels – a story of the differing fortunes of 3 young men working at “Weights and Measures” and their relationships with a family of 3 sisters. (Summary by Annise)