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BARCHESTER CHRONICLES by Anthony Trollope Read by a Full Cast | Audiobook Review". AudioFile Magazine . Retrieved 31 October 2020. And that, perhaps, is why I felt this novel to be a disappointment when compared with the others of his that I’ve read—and also why I find it hard to believe that Barchester Towers is his most famous and widely-read novel. Although weak Trollope is far better than the best work by a novelist less talented than he—e.g., see my review of Doctor Wortle’s School—still, this novel is in no way indicative of the scope and utter humanity to be found in Trollope’s richer and more complex novels like The Claverings, which remains my all-time favorite of his to this day. And there's the rub for our Mark Robarts. He knows he is better not to try to run the race with an inferior horse, but he cannot resist, and having the invitation extended to him, he cannot help feeling that these people desire his company and think of him as an equal. By the way, what is it with Eleanor Bold that she always has to cry when accepting an offer of marriage? After annoying me by weeping in The Warden, she felt obliged to shed tears in Barchester Towers as well. At least here she also got to box on the ears an unwelcome admirer -- definitely a big progress.
Dr Grantly was going to fight because he found that he hated the man. Mr Slope had predetermined to hate the man, because he foresaw the necessity of fighting him. Trollope συνεχίζει τον Ο Επίτροπος με τους Πύργους του Μπάρτσεστερ, παρουσιάζοντας αυτή τη φορά κάτι πιο βαθύ και Μεγάλο.
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Trollope, Anthony (2014) [1862]. Birch, Dinah (ed.). The Small House at Allington. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199662777. The merit of this book lies in Trollope's writing. I've admired his keen wit, satire, and humour in his previous works, but not so much as in here. Trollope's whole tone is light and bantering which makes the story more engaging and entertaining. I've read a lot of Victorian satire, but in my opinion, no author can produce such entertaining satire in a light and bantering manner as Anthony Trollope. In that respect, Trollope is a Victorian Jane Austen.
Having read The Warden last year and thoroughly enjoyed it, I had determined to read the next book in the Chronicles of Barsetshire this year. I did not know what to expect, but was delighted to find Mr. Harding and his daughter, Eleanor, waiting for the next phase of their story, along with some new characters and story lines. a b c Wright, Andrew (1983). Anthony Trollope Dream and Art. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK. doi: 10.1007/978-1-349-06626-1. ISBN 978-1-349-06628-5. At the outset of the story, a "war" begins between Mr. Slope and Dr. Grantly. Neither being ready to surrender, they keep on at it, finding their own allies in the course - Mr. Slope within the robes of the bishop, and Dr. Grantly in the scholarly mind of Mr. Arabin. I wouldn't venture to say the outcome of the battle; that'd spoil the story. But I could certainly say that the subtle battle between these two factions of the clergy was far more entertaining than any real battle could. :) Dr. Grantly is portrayed in a much different light here. Although he hasn't greatly outgrown his arrogance and presumptive nature, his feeling of utter helplessness when things work against him, and his resignation to those inevitable, showed a human side to him not seen before.
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What I enjoy most of all though is Trollope's observation of behaviour and his psychology is spot on. Take for example the following passage, in connection with the very late arrival of an important guest at the home of the Thornes: A new bishop is coming to town (the fictional Barchester in the fictional Barsetshire) greatly disturbing the stagnant water of long-standing clerical balance in the diocese. Almost instantly HOLY (?) WAR is declared between resident clergymen (High Church) lead by Archdeacon Grantly, who got disappointed in his hope of becoming the new bishop after his father’s death & Dr Proudie’s (the new bishop, Low Church) entourage, namely his formidable wife & his chaplain, Mr Obadiah Slope, a beneficiary of Mrs Proudie’s patronage. Timothy West reads the audiobook. His intonations are absolutely wonderful. Each one fits the person to a T. He switches adroitly from character to character. You know immediately who is speaking. I give the narration five stars without hesitation.The first book in the Chronicles of Barsetshire series written by author Trollope was published under the title ‘The Warden’. It was released by the Oxford University Press in the year 1855. This book features the important characters in the form of Septimus Harding, Eleanor Harding, John Bold, and Susan Harding. The overall story of this book revolves around Septimus Harding, who is depicted by the author as an elderly warden called the meek, at the Hiram’s Hospital and also the precentor of the Barchester Cathedral. The Hiram’s Hospital is described as an almshouse and is supported by one of the medieval charitable trust which is bequest to the Barchester Diocese. All the income generated helps to maintain the almshouse, support its 12 bedesmen, and also helps to provide a comfortable living and an abode to its warden, Mr. Harding. He was appointed to the position with the patronage from one of his old friends, the Barchester Bishop, who is the father of the son-in-law of Harding named Archdeacon Grantly, married to his daughter Susan.
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