The Barsetshire Chronicles - All 6 Books in One Edition: The Warden, Barchester Towers, Doctor Thorne, Framley Parsonage, The Small House at Allington & The Last Chronicle of Barset

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Trollope, Anthony (2014) [1867]. Small, Helen (ed.). The Last Chronicle of Barset. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199675999. Mr Quiverful, a poor clergyman with 14 children who becomes the new Warden of Hiram's Hospital. [a] stars. Oh, how I enjoyed this book! For years, I thought Trollope was stuffy and dry. I don't know where I got this idea from, but it's the furthest from the truth. This is the fourth book in the Chronicles of Barsetshire, and they get better and better as they go.

And although Sutherland notes that Trollope was "often indifferent to minor inconsistencies in his narratives", he regards these lapses as showing the point at which Trollope conceived the idea of the novel series which would eventually become the hugely successful Chronicles of Barsetshire. [3] Characters [ edit ] High Church faction [ edit ] Trollope, Anthony (2014) [1857]. Bowen, John (ed.). Barchester Towers. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199665860. Till we can become divine we must be content to be human, lest in our hurry for change we sink to something lower."

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Imagine Alexander Dumas confined to the realms of Anglican church and limited to the settings of deanery and parsonage -- then Barchester Town would be his Three Musketeers: clerical passions rage over comfortable livings and powerful positions, clash over the burning matter of High Church rituals versus Evangelical alternatives; evil chaplains, coward bishops and their power-hungry wives plot against kind precentors, bold archdeacons, thoughtful vicars and charming widows. Trollope σε συντροφεύει σαν Συν-αναγνώστης όπου ανακαλύπτει και αυτός μαζί σου για πρώτη φορά το βιβλίο. Πολλές φορές, σχολιάζοντας τις πράξεις των ηρώων του σαν να σχολιάζει ένα άρθρο εφημερίδας, έκοβε τον δεσμό που έχει κάθε συγγραφέας με τους ήρωες του. Χαιρόταν με τις θετικές εξελίξεις και εκνευριζόταν με την συμπεριφορά ορισμένων ηρώων. Με αυτόν τον τρόπο έδινε την ψευδαίσθηση ότι δεν γνωρίζει τους ήρωες του και ότι τους ανακαλύπτει παρέα με τον αναγνώστη προσδίδοντάς τους μια αυθεντικότητα και αληθοφάνεια. Be that as it may, WOW. How can a book that actually seems fairly predictable still completely thrill the reader (and even get the reader to evince some stress about the outcome) when, like I said, you pretty much know what will happen in the end (just read the chapter headings!). The character's characters are completely fresh. At the outset one thinks some Victorian stereotypes will be had--NOT SO! I think every character surprised me. I so love Trollope's sense of humanity and that every person has many sides. If not the plot, what is the draw of the book? For me, two things make the book special. First of all, the characters. Secondly, the way Trollope tells the story. He inserts himself into the telling; he talks to his readers. He confides in us, telling us that Mr. X is certainly not going to marry Y. It may look so at the start, but it will not be so by the end. His way of presenting information is just plain clever. He keeps our attention. His words, turns of phrase and the situations that he invents are both believable and amusing. You will laugh yourself silly in observing how one character proposes marriage, while at the same time scheming how marriage can be avoided!

You’d think after this summary that the clerical war is about some elevated subjects with deep, underlying philosophical ideas, but it is fought much more on social (wives joining husbands, daughters supporting fathers) & political levels (which camps can soldier bigger troops & more supporters) in drawing/ball rooms, at parties as well as in churches. This gives Trollope the chance to depict clergymen as men with a very much tongue-in-cheek approach, which makes the whole novel delightful & funny. Very gratifying and even touching themes of repentence, redemption, forgiveness, humility, pride, charity... Dr Vesey Stanhope is the rector of Crabtree Canonicorum and of Stogpingum, in the diocese of Barchester, and a prebendary of Barchester Cathedral. He and his family lived for twelve years in Italy before being recalled by Bishop Proudie on Mr Slope's advice. He has two daughters, Charlotte and Madeline, and a son, Ethelbert (Bertie).Allen, W. (1991) [1954]. The English Novel, London: Penguin, in Pérez Pérez, Miguel Ángel (1999). "The Un-Trollopian Trollope: Some Notes on the Barsetshire Novels". Revista Alicantina de Estudios Ingles. 12: 127–142 – via RUA. a b c d e f Birch, Dinah (2009). The Oxford Companion to English Literature (7 ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780191735066.