Anthony Trollope was one of the great English writers of the famous Victorian era. Trollope was prolific and his books often centered around the important political, social, and gender issues of his time. Trollope wrote the classic Chronicles of Barsetshire novels as well as The Way We Live Now, a satirical novel that is often ranked as one of the finest in Victorian era literature.

Harry Heathcote of Gangoil is a novel set in Australia that centers around a young sheepfarmer. Trollope wrote this book after spending a year in Australia in 1871.