The complete online text of Mr. Scarborough's Family by Anthony Trollope.

The English novelist Anthony Trollope (1815-1882) wrote a series of novels that chronicle the everyday life of middle-class Victorians. Quietly humorous and at times satirical, his works reveal the vigorous and modest good nature of their author. After t...

"I do lay claim to whatever merit should be accorded to me for persevering diligence in my profession," Anthony Trollope wrote in one of the concluding paragraphs of An Autobiography (1883). No one has ever been able to deny him that claim: as the author...

"I do lay claim to whatever merit should be accorded to me for persevering diligence in my profession," Anthony Trollope wrote in one of the concluding paragraphs of his Autobiography (1883). No one has ever been able to deny him that claim: as the autho...

Peter Steinberg of Burke says he thought his wife was joking at first. Stay at home with their newborn daughter, Natalie? Him? He had a master's degree in social work and a job he loved in that field. She had to be...

GEORGE BUSH has deftly revived the mainly Democratic legislation he opposes to require businesses above a certain size to provide unpaid parental leave. Both House and Senate committees had approved such legislation, which then stalled. In the House, even many Democrats-reluctant to offend business...