Victorian Anxieties Concerning Old Age in Anthony Trollope’s
Victorian Anxieties Concerning Old Age in Anthony Trollope’s

The Fixed Period

Author(s): Ilona Dobosiewicz
Subject(s): Cultural history, Studies of Literature, 19th Century, Philology, British Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Anthony Trollope; The Fixed Period; old age; death
Summary/Abstract: This article examines Victorian anxieties about old age through discussion of Anthony Trollope's novel, The Fixed Period. On the basis of analysis of this satirical dystopian novel, the author concludes that the social problems of old age and how to treat elderly citizens were of crucial importance in late Victorian society.

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