Frances Milton Trollope (1779-1863) was a prolific, provocative and hugely successful novelist. She greatly influenced the generation of Victorian novelists who came after her such as Charles Dickens, George Eliot and Elizabeth Gaskell. This book features Trollope's social problem novels.

General Editor: Brenda Ayres, Volume 1: General Introduction by Brenda Ayres, edited by Christine Sutphin, Volume 2: Edited by Brenda Ayres, Introduction by Douglas Murray; Volume 3: Edited by Brenda Ayres, Introduction by Priti Joshi; Volume 4: Edited by Brenda Ayres, Introduction by Ann-Barbara Graff.