Anthony Trollope was one of the great English writers of the famous Victorian era. Trollope was prolific and his books often centered around the important political, social, and gender issues of his time. Trollope wrote the classic Chronicles of Barsetshire novels as well as The Way We Live Now, a satirical novel that is often ranked as one of the finest in Victorian era literature. Cousin Henry is a novel that centers around the will of an elderly squire. The squire's lone male blood relative is Henry Jones, a man who has never made a good impression on him which leads to much indecision and unfortunate events.