Palliser family

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The Palliser family is a prominent aristocratic clan at the center of Anthony Trollope’s political and social novels, around whom the series’ intricate plots of power, marriage, and status revolve.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf aristocratic family
fictional family
literary character group
adaptedIn The Pallisers (TV series)
surface form: The Pallisers (1974 BBC television series)
appearsIn Can You Forgive Her?
Phineas Finn
Phineas Redux
The Duke's Children
surface form: The Duke’s Children

The Eustace Diamonds
The Prime Minister
appearsInSeries Palliser novels
associatedWithLocation British aristocracy
London, England
surface form: London
centralThemeOf marriage and social status
political life in Victorian Britain
countryOfFictionalOrigin United Kingdom NERFINISHED
createdBy Anthony Trollope NERFINISHED
firstAppearance Can You Forgive Her?
genre political novel
social novel
hasHead Plantagenet Palliser
hasMember Lady Glencora Palliser
Plantagenet Palliser
children of Plantagenet and Lady Glencora Palliser
hasTitleAssociation Duke of Omnium
influences later political fiction depictions of Parliament
languageOfWork English
linkedWorkCycle Chronicles of Barsetshire-related universe
literaryPeriod Victorian literature
medium novel
narrativeFunction focus of intertwined plots of power, marriage, and status
notableFor complex marital relationships
depiction of wealth and social ambition
involvement in parliamentary politics
setInPeriod Victorian era
socialClass British nobility
landed aristocracy
timeOfFictionalActivity 19th century

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Palliser series mainFamily Palliser family