#phineas finn and Branson as an intrusion of the Irish question
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Speaking of Downton Abbey, I realized lately that the obvious inspiration for it is Anthony Trollope's parliamentary novels (more known as the Palliser novels after the 1974 BBC series The Pallisers, which, btw, I think you might enjoy if Donwton is your sort of thing, you can find it on YouTube), without the Parliament part. I mean, it seems so obvious now to me, specially considering Fellowes declared love for Trollope that moved him to adapt Doctor Thorne, that it probably is explicitly said somewhere in the Wikipedia page for Downton, but I'm too lazy to check.
#Downton Abbey#the pallisers#anthony trollope#there are some signs#the female focus#Lady Cora like lady Glencora#the doll thing Mary has in the early seasons is also something Lady Glencora has#phineas finn and Branson as an intrusion of the Irish question#and so on and so forth#though the servants part/focus comes entirely from somewhere else#probably upstairs downstairs
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