Anthony Trollope&#39;s early Irish novel &quot;The Kellys and the O&#39;Kellys&quot; sold just 140 copies when first published in 1848 during the potato famine, yet it has all the hallmarks of his future greatness and it has become a classic of universal literature.<br /><br />&quot;The Kellys and the O&#39;Kellys&quot; is the humorous story of two marriages showing the striking similarities between a poor and a wealthy Irish family.&nbsp;