The American Senator

The American Senator is a lively and clear-eyed novel by Anthony Trollope, published in 1877. In the English county of Rufford, the fortunes of several courtships play out against a full picture of country life, hunting, and local pride, while the visiting American senator Elias Gotobed looks on and loudly criticises the strange customs and inequalities of the old country. Through his blunt outsider’s eye Trollope gently mocks both American plain-speaking and English complacency, even as he tells a warm story of love and social ambition. It is one of his sharpest and most entertaining later novels. This free PDF and EPUB offers the complete novel.