The three clerks / Anthony Trollope ; edited by Paul Delany.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Trollope, Anthony, 1815-1882, author.

Contributor:

Delany, Paul, editor.

Series:

ELS monograph series ; no. 112.

[ELS ; 112]

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civil service--England--Fiction.

Civil service.

London (England)--Social life and customs--19th century--Fiction.

London (England).

Clerks.

Manners and customs.

England.

England--London.

Genre:

Fiction.

Novels.

Physical Description:

479 pages ; 26 cm.

Other Title:

3 clerks

Place of Publication:

Victoria, BC, Canada : ELS Editions, [2019?]

Summary:

"Among Trollope's novels, The Three Clerks is unusual for being published in two versions. As Paul Delany tells us in his introduction to the novel, Trollope chose to make substantial cuts to the three-volume first edition to reduce production costs for a cheap edition. He marked about 13,700 words for deletion--about six percent of the text. The shortened Three Clerks is a significant record of Trollope's self-criticism, which is why this edition restores his cuts in italics. He had to decide which parts of his text were disposable and which essential; or even just which parts he liked more than others. In his Autobiography he boasted that few writers had written more words than him; the present edition shows his performance at the opposite task, of writing fewer" -- page 4 of cover.

Notes:

Originally published in three volumes. London : Richard Bentley, 1858.

Series statement from publisher's website.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 467-468).

Other Format:

Trollope, Anthony, 1815-1882, author. Three clerks./

Online version: Trollope, Anthony, 1815-1882. Three clerks.

ISBN:

9781550586268

1550586262

OCLC:

1035215792