The Three Clerks

Anthony Trollope

Language: English

Genres: General Fiction Published 1800 - 1900

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1. The Weights and Measures
2. The Internal Navigation
3. The Woodwards
4. Captain Cuttwater
5. Bushey Park
6. Sir Gregory Hardlines
7. Mr. Fidus Neverbend
8. The Hon. Undecimus Scott
9. Mr. Manylodes
10. Wheal Mary Jane
11. The Three Kings
12. Consolation
13. A Communication of Importance
14. Very Sad
15. Norman Returns to town
16. The First Wedding
17. The Honourable Mrs. Val and Miss Go lightly
18. A Day with One of the Navvies. -Morning
19. A Day with One of the Navvies. -Afternoon
20. A Day with One of the Navvies. -Evening
21. Hampton Court Bridge
22. Crinoline and Macassar; Or, My Aunt's Will
23. Surbiton Colloquies
24. Mr. M'Buffer accepts the Chiltern Hundreds
25. Chiswick Gardens
26. Katie's First Ball
27. Excelsior
28. Outerman v. Tudor
29. Easy is the Slope of Hell
30. Mrs. Woodward's Request
31. How Apollo Saved the Navvy
32. The Parliamentary Committee
33. To Stand, or Not to Stand
34. Westminster Hall
35. Mrs. Val's new Carriage
36. Ticklish Stock
37. Tribulation
38. Alaric Tudor Takes a Walk
39. The Last Breakfast
40. Mr. Chaffanbrass
41. The Old Bailey
42. A Parting Interview
43. Millbank
44. The Criminal Population is Disposed of
45. The Fate of the Navvies
46. Mr Nogo's Last Question
47. Conclusion

About

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)