The Prime Minister (1876)

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The Prime Minister (1876) is a political novel by Anthony Trollope that explores ambition, social climbing, and moral compromise within Victorian British high society and government.

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instanceOf novel
author Anthony Trollope
centralTheme conflict between public duty and private life
marriage and personal relationships
moral compromise
political ambition
social climbing
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
depictsSocialClass British aristocracy
upper middle class
exploresTopic electoral politics
financial speculation
gender roles in Victorian society
social reputation
featuresInstitution British Parliament
British government
House of Commons
firstPublicationFormat book
followedBy The Duke's Children
follows Phineas Redux
genre Victorian literature
political fiction
social novel
hasAntagonistFigure Ferdinand Lopez as an ambitious outsider
hasCharacterType aristocratic politician
social climber
wealthy heiress
hasFictionalPrimeMinister Plantagenet Palliser as Prime Minister
literaryMovement realism
literaryPeriod Victorian literature
mainCharacter Emily Wharton
Ferdinand Lopez
Lady Glencora Palliser
Plantagenet Palliser
narrativeFocus interplay of politics and personal life
narrativePerspective third-person narration
originalLanguage English
partOf Chronicles of Barsetshire and Palliser-related fictional universe
positionInSeries fifth novel in the Palliser series
protagonistRole Plantagenet Palliser serves as Prime Minister
publicationYear 1876
publisher Chapman and Hall
series Palliser novels
linked to: Palliser series
setInCity London
linked to: London, England
setInCountry United Kingdom
setInPeriod Victorian era
timeSetting 19th-century Britain

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Ferdinand Lopez firstPublicationContext The Prime Minister (1876)