Amazon.com description: Product Description: Anthony Trollope was one of the most famous English authors of the Victorian era. Trollope was a prolific writer and was responsible for many classics such as The Way We Live Now and the Chronicles of Barsetshire series. Trollope's popularity diminished near the end of the nineteenth century but he has regained much of his popularity since. Kept in the Dark is a novel that starts with the main character Cecilia Holt calling off her engagement to Sir Francis Geraldine.