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Transcriber'snote:

In 1834, at age 19,Anthony Trollope became a junior clerkin the British postal service. He did not get on well withhis superiors, and his career looked like a dead end. In1841 he accepted an assignment in Ireland as an inspector,remaining there for ten years. It was there that his civilservice career began to flourish. It was there, also, thathe began writing novels.

Several of Trollope'searly novels were set in Ireland,including The Macdermots of Ballycloran, his firstpublished novel, and Castle Richmond. Readers of thoseearly Irish novels can easily perceive Trollope's greataffection for and sympathy with the Irish people,especially the poor.

In 1882 Ireland was in the midst of great troubles,including boycotts and the near breakdown of law andorder. In May of that year Lord Frederick Cavendish, thenewly-appointed Chief Secretary for Ireland, and ThomasBurke, a prominent civil servant, were assassinated inDublin. The news stirred Trollope, despite his poorhealth, to travel to Ireland to see for himself the stateof things. Upon his return to England he began writingThe Landleaguers. He made a second journey to Ireland inAugust, 1882, to seek more material for his book. Hereturned to England exhausted, but he continued writing.He had almost completed the book when he suffered a strokeon November 3, 1882. He never recovered, and he died onDecember 6.

Trollope's second son,Henry, arranged for publication ofthe almost finished novel. The reader should note HenryTrollope's preface to Volume I and Postscript at the endof the book.

Readers familiar withTrollope's early Irish novels willbe struck, as they read The Landleaguers, by hisbitterness at what was happening in Ireland in 1881 and1882.

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THE

LANDLEAGUERS

BY

ANTHONY TROLLOPE

IN THREE VOLUMES — VOL. I.

London
CHATTO & WINDUS, PICCADILLY

1883

[All rights reserved]

CHARLES DICKENS AND EVANS,
CRYSTAL PALACE PRESS.

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