The Last Chronicle of Barset

Name: The Last Chronicle of Barset
Author: Anthony Trollope
ISBN: 9781910660546

Author: Anthony Trollope
Series: The Barchester Chronicles
Language: English
Length: 800 pages
ISBN: 9781910660546
Published: 15 January 2015
Imprint: Sovereign

Barchester
Anthony Trollope
Victorian
social
political
gender
sensual
awakening
love
relationship

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Description

"The Last Chronicle of Barset" concludes Anthony Trollope's Chronicles of Barsetshire with a deep exploration of honor and deceit. Reverend Josiah Crawley, beset by poverty, faces accusations of theft that threaten his reputation and his family’s stability. As old and new characters from Barsetshire weave through the narrative, their stories of love, resilience, and societal pressure intertwine. Trollope combines the personal struggles and triumphs of his characters with keen observations of Victorian morality and redemption.

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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