Framley Parsonage

Name: Framley Parsonage
Author: Anthony Trollope
ISBN: 9781910660560

Author: Anthony Trollope
Series: The Barchester Chronicles
Language: English
Length: 496 pages
ISBN: 9781910660560
Published: 15 January 2015
Imprint: Sovereign

vicar
high society
debt
scandal
integrity
friendship
social aspirations
romance
moral dilemmas
community dynamics

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Description

"Framley Parsonage," the fourth novel in Anthony Trollope's Chronicles of Barsetshire, expertly intertwines stories of ambition, love, and moral reckoning. It follows the young vicar Mark Robarts, who, seduced by the allure of high society, finds himself ensnared in debt and scandal. As he struggles to regain his integrity, the narrative weaves through the lives of others in Framley and beyond, exploring themes of friendship, social aspiration, and the enduring quest for romantic fulfillment. Trollope's keen insights into human character and social dynamics shine in this captivating tale.

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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