“There are so many things of which an editor is required to think”: Multiplicity and Value in Anthony Trollope’s “An Editor’s Tales”

The editor was not a well-established figure in the mid-Victorian period. Anthony Trollope’s series of short stories “An Editor’s Tales” (1869-70) offer commentary on the multiple roles and responsibilities of the editor. This essay argues that when examined in relation to their original periodical context, “An Editor’s Tales” offers a sharp critique of contemporary publication practices and asserts a more complex picture of the editorial role than is presented elsewhere in Trollope’s work.