The Warden
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- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
29 March 1984
Summary
The first of the well-loved Chronicles of Barsetshire, The Warden reveals Trollope’s ability to write satirically and hopefully about his society.
The tranquil atmosphere of the cathedral town of Barchester is shattered when a scandal breaks concerning the financial affairs of a Church-run almshouse for elderly men. In the ensuing furore, Septimus Harding, the almshouse’s well-meaning warden, finds himself pitted against his daughter’s suitor, Dr. John Bold, a zealous local r…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140432145 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0140432140 |
| Author: | Anthony Trollope, Robin Gilmour |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 29 March 1984 |
| Weight: | 193g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 129mm x 15mm |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
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“Trollope will remain one of the most trustworthy … of the writers who have helped the heart of man to know itself.” -Henry James
“Trollope will remain one of the most trustworthy … of the writers who have helped the heart of man to know itself.” —Henry James
About The Author
Anthony Trollope
Anthony Trollope (1815 - 1882) had a successful career in the Post Office, alongside which he wrote. His first novel was published in 1847, and he went on to write over forty novels as well as short stories. The Barsetshire Chronicles are by many regarded as his masterpieces.
Robin Gilmour was Reader in English as the University of Aberdeen, and author of The Novel in the Victorian Age and The Victorian Age- The Intellectual and Cultural Context of English Literature 1830-1890. He died in 1999.
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