The Struggles of Brown, Jones and Robinson: By One of the Firm (World's Classics) - Softcover

Trollope, Anthony

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0192828606 ISBN 13: 9780192828606

Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks, 1992

Synopsis

"The Struggles of Brown, Jones and Robinson" (1861-2) is Trollope's satirical attack on abuses in advertising. Told by "One of the Firm", it is the tale of a foolhardy junior partner of an ill-fated haberdashery store. Formerly a bill-sticker, Robinson wishes to spend the firm's entire capital on advertising, to "broadcast through the metropolis on walls, omnibuses, railway stations, little books, pavement chalkings, illuminated notices, porters' backs, gilded cars, and men in armour". Although Robinson's devotion to inflated and dishonest advertising is the target of Trollope's satire, Robinson is none the less presented as an attractive and sympathetic character.

About this title

About the Author:

As young adult, Trollope endured seven years of poverty in the General Post Office in London before accepting a better - paying position as postal surveyor in Banagher, Ireland in 1841. The years in Ireland formed the basis of his second career delineating clerical life in small cathedral towns.

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0192828606
• ISBN 13: 9780192828606
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 216
• Editor: Hall N. John