The Belton Estate

The Belton Estate

Anthony Trollope was one of the great English writers of the famous Victorian era. Trollope was prolific and his books often centered around the important political, social, and gender issues of his time. Trollope wrote the classic Chronicles of Barsetshire novels as well as The Way We Live Now, a satirical novel that is often ranked as one of the finest in Victorian era literature. The Belton Estate is a novel that centers around a young woman who must choose between two suitors and then immediately regrets her choice.