Thomas Adolphus Trollope

IB was fond of society life, had a wide circle of friends, and was noted for her hospitality. Her home at the Villa Brichieri, with its terraced garden overlooking Florence and the Arno, was...

Thomas Adolphus Trollope described IB as a very bright, warm-hearted, very clever little woman, who knew everybody and was, I think, more universally beloved than any other individual among us.

Henry James dismissed IB 's novels as the inevitable nice novel or two of the wandering English spinster.IB 's texts have received scant critical attention, and the little which has been published frequently...

FPC 's connections from home gave her introductions into the circles of US and British women living in Italy, including Harriet Hosmer (who became a close friend). She met Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning ...

During her months in Florence, FPC visited the Brownings, Thomas Adolphus Trollope , and Walter Savage Landor . While there she also became a close friend of Mary Somerville .

Under ED 's editorship, the periodical combined literary contributions (such as poetry by Christina Rossetti and fiction by Thomas Adolphus Trollope ) with book reviews, reports of bodies such as the Society for Promoting the Employment of Women

His international travel and family ties to England's literary scene ensured him a wide social circle. He knew Charles Dickens , John Forster , and Frances Mary Peard . While living in Florence, he became...

Despite her and Lewes's uneven health, they were still able at times to socialise with the likes of Robert Browning , Frederic Leighton , Clara Schumann , Alfred Tennyson , Dean Stanley , J. A. Froude

About this time JWM was introduced to Thomas Adolphus Trollope (another long-term English resident of Italy). She also knew George Henry Lewes and later met his partner George Eliot .

FT moved in with her son Thomas Adolphus and daughter-in-law Theodosia at Villino Trollope in Florence.

Anthony's older brother, Thomas Adolphus Trollope , took after both his parents in becoming a barrister and a novelist. His books, however, were less well-known than those of his second wife, Frances Eleanor Trollope .

In the eight years following her marriage, FT had seven children. One died in infancy and another at a young age. In fact, only her eldest and youngest sons, Thomas Adolphus and Anthony , survived...

Frances Eleanor Ternan (later FET ) worked as companion governess to Thomas Adolphus Trollope 's twelve-year-old daughter, Beatrice Trollope (Bice), after the latter's mother died.

The eldest of her sons, Thomas Adolphus wrote travel books, articles for periodicals, and his memoirs. FT also remained close to him, and the two lived and travelled together often over the years.

In her early thirties, Frances Eleanor Ternan was married in Paris to her employer, Thomas Adolphus Trollope , who was a writer (though not so well known as his younger brother) and was fifty-six years...