The Complete Chronicles of Barsetshire: The Warden + Barchester Towers + Doctor Thorne + Framley Parsonage + The Small House at Allington + The Last Chronicle of Barset

Anthony Trollope

Mar 2014 · e-artnow

About this eBook

This carefully crafted ebook: “The Complete Chronicles of Barsetshire: The Warden + Barchester Towers + Doctor Thorne + Framley Parsonage + The Small House at Allington + The Last Chronicle of Barset” contains 6 novels in one volume and is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. The Chronicles of Barsetshire (or, in more recent UK usage, the Barchester Chronicles) is a series of six novels by the English author Anthony Trollope, set in the fictitious English county of Barsetshire (located approximately where the real Dorset lies) and its cathedral town of Barchester. The novels concern the dealings of the clergy and the gentry, and the political, amatory, and social manœuvrings that go on among and between them. The novels in the series are: The Warden (1855) Barchester Towers (1857) Doctor Thorne (1858) Framley Parsonage (1861) The Small House at Allington (1864) The Last Chronicle of Barset (1867) Anthony Trollope (1815 – 1882) was one of the most successful, prolific and respected English novelists of the Victorian era. Some of his best-loved works, collectively known as the Chronicles of Barsetshire, revolve around the imaginary county of Barsetshire. He also wrote perceptive novels on political, social, and gender issues, and on other topical matters.

Ratings and reviews

Review is for Barchester Towers, which is included in this collection: A story about the conflicts between high and low church in the fictional city of Barchester. This novel includes bishops, archdeacons, deans, wardens, chaplains, prebendaries, curates, precepts, vicars, canons, and probably a few other titles I can't recall now. Who has what powers and duties in this complex hierarchy is not always clear to me but the novel works all the same. The central problem is that a new Bishop, from the low church, has arrived and the high church clergy are up in arms. Will the Bishop and his loathsome chaplain destroy the wonderful services they have? Edge of your seat drama! But it really is pretty fun. As is common in 19th century novels there are some very silly characters for humor, in this novel that is mostly served by the Stanhope family, who care for nobody (including often themselves), and leave a trail of chaos behind them. The Bishop's party where the Stanhopes are introduced to Barchester society was hilarious.