“There is no happiness in love, except at the end of an English novel.”
Anthony Trollope book Barchester Towers
Source: Barchester Towers (1857), Ch. 27
Quotes from bookBarchester Towers
Barchester Towers, published in 1857 by Anthony Trollope, is the second novel in his series known as the "Chronicles of Barsetshire". Among other things it satirises the antipathy in the Church of England between High Church and Evangelical adherents. Trollope began writing this book in 1855. He wrote constantly and made himself a writing-desk so he could continue writing while travelling by train. "Pray know that when a man begins writing a book he never gives over", he wrote in a letter during this period. "The evil with which he is beset is as inveterate as drinking – as exciting as gambling".
“Don't let love interfere with your appetite. It never does with mine.”
Anthony Trollope book Barchester Towers
Source: Barchester Towers (1857), Ch. 38
“There is no way of writing well and also of writing easily.”
Anthony Trollope book Barchester Towers
Source: Barchester Towers (1857), Ch. 20
“There is no royal road to learning; no short cut to the acquirement of any art.”
Anthony Trollope book Barchester Towers
Source: Barchester Towers (1857), Ch. 20; this derives from an expression attributed to Euclid.
