Trollope and the Magazines examines the serial publication of several of Trollope»s novels in the context of the gendered discourses in a range of Victorian magazines — including Cornhill, Good Words, Saint Pauls , and the Fortnightly Review . It highlights the importance of the periodical press in the literary culture of Victorian Britain, and argues that readers today need to engage with the lively cultural debates in the magazines, in order better to appreciate the complexity of Trollope»s popular fiction.