The Recurring Cast
Character guide · 12 books · 1855 to 1880 · Mostly set in the fictional Barchester, England

Anthony Trollope

Thriller and suspenseLiterary and generalPolitical thrillerClassicsComic fiction

Anthony Trollope's Chronicles of Barsetshire are gently satirical novels about clergy and gentry in an English cathedral county; the Palliser novels move to Parliament and high society. Characters cross between the two series.

Best estimate, compiled from series guides, publisher descriptions and reviews where available, and from memory otherwise. Book level only, not chapter level. Minor includes cameos and brief references. Each book carries a confidence rating in its tooltip. Plantagenet Palliser first appears in The Small House at Allington.

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Anthony Trollope books in order

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Barsetshire

6 books · Set in the fictional Barchester, EnglandClassicsComic fiction
  1. 1The Warden1855With Septimus HardingBuy on Amazon
  2. 2Barchester Towers1857With Eleanor BoldBuy on Amazon
  3. 3Doctor Thorne1858With Mary ThorneBuy on Amazon
  4. 4Framley Parsonage1861With Mark RobartsBuy on Amazon
  5. 5The Small House at Allington1864With Lily DaleBuy on Amazon
  6. 6The Last Chronicle of Barset1867With Josiah CrawleyBuy on Amazon

Palliser

6 books · Set in LondonClassicsPolitical thriller
  1. 1Can You Forgive Her?1864With Lady Glencora PalliserBuy on Amazon
  2. 2Phineas Finn1869With Phineas FinnBuy on Amazon
  3. 3The Eustace Diamonds1873With Lizzie EustaceBuy on Amazon
  4. 4Phineas Redux1874With Phineas FinnBuy on Amazon
  5. 5The Prime Minister1876With Plantagenet PalliserBuy on Amazon
  6. 6The Duke's Children1880With Plantagenet PalliserBuy on Amazon

Characters

16 recurring and key characters, with the book each one first appears in.

Barsetshire

The Pallisers