Victorian Scribblers
Two Victorianists get chatty about the lives and work of the nineteenth-century writers time forgot.

Season 2

S2:E1 – Season Two Intro: Fannies and Trollopes

Happy New Year, listeners!   Last March, I took the plunge and launched Victorian Scribblers. My first year podcasting had its ups and downs, of course. Ask almost any podcaster and they’ll tell you there’s a steep learning curve if you want to get

Happy New Year, listeners!   Last March, I took the plunge and launched Victorian Scribblers. My first year podcasting had its ups and downs, of course. Ask almost any podcaster and they’ll tell you there’s a steep learning curve if you want to get involved …

S2:E1 – Frances Milton Trollope (Part One)

Welcome to the first full episode of season two: Episode 7 – Frances Milton Trollope Best known now as the mother of successful Victorian novelist Anthony Trollope, Frances, or Fanny as she was more usually called, was a literary force in her own r

S2:E3 – Frances Milton Trollope (Part Two)

In Part One, we left our intrepid adventurer aboard a ship and on the way to Frances Wright’s Nashoba Commune in Tennessee to try to improve her life. Let’s find out more about her voyage!   Before we do, though, I need to make a …

S2:E4 – Frances Milton Trollope (Part Three)

… [Continued from Part Two] During this time, Fanny falls ill and, though she eventually recovers, her eyesight is significantly weakened. But Fanny has begun writing what is to be the first of many books: Domestic Manners. Her experiences also inf

S2:E5 – Rectors, Vicars, and Curates

Episode 7.5 – Rectors, Vicars, and Curates (or, what’s up with all this religious terminology?) Some important dates: 1454 or 5 – Johannes Gutenberg printed the Gutenberg Bibles putting religion and literacy into the hands of the public! (htt

S2:E6 – Frances Milton Trollope’s Fiction (Part One) REVISED

In this episode, we reconstruct Fanny’s writing process (to the best of our ability) and read some of her short fiction. This episode was revised; the original version I (Courtney) released was an earlier file. Corrections: Thomas Anthony did publ

S2:E7 – Frances Milton Trollope’s Fiction (Part Two)

  In Part Two of episode 8, we finish reading Frances Milton Trollope’s “The Butt,” which you can read in full for free at this link.  

S2:E8 – Tom and Theodosia (Garrow) Trollope REVISED

Episode 9 – Thomas Adolphus Trollope and Theodosia Garrow Trollope In episodes 7 and 8 we covered Frances Milton Trollope’s life and work. Today we’re turning to her son and first daughter-in-law. Thomas Adolphus Trollope begins his memoir (which h

S2:E9 – Tom and Theodosia’s Writing