Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents III
3. Introduction V
4. Preface (1883) XIX
5. I. My Education 1
6. II. My Mother 17
7. III. The General Post Office 29
8. IV. Ireland—My First Two Novels 50
9. V. My First Success 67
10. VI. "Barchester Towers" and "The Three Clerks" 85
11. VII. "Doctor Thome" "The Bertrams" "The West Indies and the Spanish Main" 100
12. VIII.The "Cornhill Magazine" and "Framley Parsonage" 112
13. IX. "Castle Richmond" "Brown, Jones, and Robinson", "North America" "Orley Farm" 130
14. X. "The Small House at Allington " "Can You Forgive Her?" "Rachel Ray" and the "Fortnightly Review" 145
15. XI. "The Claverings" The"Pall Mall Gazette" "Nina Balatka" and "Linda Tressel" 164
16. XII. On Novels and the Art of Writing Them 179
17. XIII. On English Novelists of the Present Day 203
18. XIV. On Criticism 218
19. XV. "The Last Chronicle of Bar set", Leaving the Post Office, "St. Paul's Magazine" 226
20. XVI. Beverley 242
21. XVII. The American Postal Treaty The Question of Copyright With America Four More Novels 254
22. XVIII. "The Vicar of Bullhampton", "Sir Harry Hotspur", "An Editor's Tales" , "Caesar" 269
23. XIX. "Ralph the Heir", "The Eustace Diamonds" , "Lady Anna", "Australia" 283
24. XX. "The Way We Live Mow" and "The Prime Minister ". Conclusion 293
25. Index 307