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Barchester Towers

Author
Anthony Trollope
Series
The Barchester Chronicles
Language
English
Length
474 pages
ISBN
9781910660515
Published
15 January 2015
Imprint
Sovereign
  • clerical intrigue
  • cathedral town
  • power struggle
  • social satire
  • romantic entanglements
  • Victorian society
  • ecclesiastical politics
  • ambition
  • rivalry
  • English countryside

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"Barchester Towers," the second novel in Anthony Trollope's Chronicles of Barsetshire, masterfully dissects the clerical and political maneuverings of a small cathedral town. When a new bishop arrives in Barchester, he brings forth power struggles and scandal, challenging the established hierarchy. At the heart of the turmoil is the ambitious Mrs. Proudie and the charming chaplain Mr. Slope, whose schemes stir the pot of social and romantic intrigue. Trollope expertly combines satire and soap opera in this timeless exploration of human nature and ambition.

Author

Anthony Trollope (1815–1882) spent his days as a Post Office surveyor and his early hours at the novel — a clerk's discipline that produced an English county of clergy and a later London of money. Barchester Towers is the church as weather: preferment, gossip, a bishop's wife. The Way We Live Now is the same eye on speculation and the social lie. He wrote without apology for the method. Church, vote, and marriage sit in the same air.

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