Chronicles of Barsetshire Series by Anthony Trollope

3.97 · 119 ratings
  • The Warden (Chronicles of Barsetshire #1)
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    The Warden (Chronicles of Barsetshire #1)

    Anthony Trollope

    Rated: 3.68 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings · published 1855

    The Warden centers on Mr. Harding, a clergyman of great personal integrity who is nevertheless in possession of an income from a charity far in excess of the sum devoted to the purposes of the foundation. On discovering this, young John Bold turns his reforming zeal to exposing what he regards as an abuse of privilege, despite the fact that he is in love with Mr. Harding's daughter Eleanor... more

  • Barchester Towers (Chronicles of Barsetshire #2)
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    Barchester Towers (Chronicles of Barsetshire #2)

    Anthony Trollope

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings · published 1857

    'What! to come here a stranger, a young, unknown, and unfriended stranger, and tell us, in the name of the bishop his master, that we are ignorant of our duties, old-fashioned, and useless!' Trollope's comic masterpiece of plotting and backstabbing opens as the Bishop of Barchester lies on his deathbed. Soon a pitched battle breaks out over who will take power, involving, among others, the zealous reformer Dr Proudie, his fiendish wife and the unctuous schemer Obadiah Slope... more

  • Doctor Thorne (Chronicles of Barsetshire #3)
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    Doctor Thorne (Chronicles of Barsetshire #3)

    Anthony Trollope

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings · published 1858

    'You must give up this mad idea, Frank ... there is but one course left open to you. You MUST marry money' Doctor Thorne, considered by Trollope to be the best of his works, is a telling examination of the relationship between money and morality. It recounts the story of the son of a bankrupt landowner, Frank Gresham, who is intent on marrying his beloved Mary Thorne despite her illegitimacy and apparent poverty... more

  • Framley Parsonage (Chronicles of Barsetshire #4)
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    Framley Parsonage (Chronicles of Barsetshire #4)

    Anthony Trollope

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings · published 1860

    The values of a Victorian gentleman, the young clergyman Mark Robarts, are put to the test. Like much fiction of 19th century England, it concerns property, status, family and the conventions. In it Trollope captures the essence of Victorian England.

  • The Small House at Allington: Special Edition (Chronicles of Barsetshire #5)
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    The Small House at Allington: Special Edition (Chronicles of Barsetshire #5)

    Anthony Trollope

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings · published 1864

    The fifth novel of the Chronicles of Barsetshire series primarily relates the story of Lily Dale, a young woman living in the dower house of the Allington estate with her mother and sister Bell. Although Lily is secretly loved by a junior clerk in a tax office, John Eames, she becomes enamored with Adolphus Crosbie, an ambitious and egocentric man from a more urban environment... more

  • The Last Chronicle of Barset (Chronicles of Barsetshire #6)
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    The Last Chronicle of Barset (Chronicles of Barsetshire #6)

    Anthony Trollope

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings · published 1867

    When Reverend Josiah Crawley, the impoverished curate of Hogglestock, is accused of theft it causes a public scandal, sending shockwaves through the world of Barsetshire. The Crawleys desperately try to remain dignified while they are shunned by society, but the scandal threatens to tear them, and the community, apart... more

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