- Three Clerks
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The Three Clerks was Trollope’s sixth novel and was written mostly in railway carriages, since his work for the Post Office still entailed a good deal of travelling; to make life easier for himself, Trollope had devised what he called his ‘tablet’, a square block which he rested upon his knees in such a way that he could write in complete comfort. The story is drawn from his memories of his work (as a clerk) at the GPO in St Martin-le-Grand, and it is considered the most autobiographical of Trollope’s novels – a story of the differing fortunes of 3 young men working at “Weights and Measures” and their relationships with a family of 3 sisters.
- Chapters
- The Weights and Measures
- The Internal Navigation
- The Woodwards
- Captain Cuttwater
- Bushey Park
- Sir Gregory Hardlines
- Mr. Fidus Neverbend
- The Hon. Undecimus Scott
- Mr. Manylodes
- Wheal Mary Jane
- The Three Kings
- Consolation
- A Communication of Importance
- Very Sad
- Norman Returns to town
- The First Wedding
- The Honourable Mrs. Val and Miss Go lightly
- A Day with One of the Navvies. -Morning
- A Day with One of the Navvies. -Afternoon
- A Day with One of the Navvies. -Evening
- Hampton Court Bridge
- Crinoline and Macassar; Or, My Aunt's Will
- Surbiton Colloquies
- Mr. M'Buffer accepts the Chiltern Hundreds
- Chiswick Gardens
- Katie's First Ball
- Excelsior
- Outerman v. Tudor
- Easy is the Slope of Hell
- Mrs. Woodward's Request
- How Apollo Saved the Navvy
- The Parliamentary Committee
- To Stand, or Not to Stand
- Westminster Hall
- Mrs. Val's new Carriage
- Ticklish Stock
- Tribulation
- Alaric Tudor Takes a Walk
- The Last Breakfast
- Mr. Chaffanbrass
- The Old Bailey
- A Parting Interview
- Millbank
- The Criminal Population is Disposed of
- The Fate of the Navvies
- Mr Nogo's Last Question
- Conclusion