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The Last Chronicle of Barset Volume 1

Author
Anthony Trollope
Read by
Eloise Fairfax
Language
English
Length
15 hours 42 minutes
ISBN
9781802568912
Published
10 September 2025
Imprint
Sovereign
  • Barchester
  • Anthony Trollope
  • Victorian
  • social
  • political
  • gender
  • sensual
  • awakening
  • love
  • relationship

Description

The Last Chronicle of Barset by Anthony Trollope is the final novel in the Chronicles of Barsetshire series, weaving together the lives of the cathedral city’s residents in a rich tapestry of scandal, redemption, and social change. At its heart is Reverend Josiah Crawley, a proud and impoverished clergyman accused of theft, whose integrity becomes a town-wide debate. As friends rally to uncover the truth, Trollope revisits beloved characters like the Grantlys, the Greshams, and the Olivers, exploring themes of pride, forgiveness, and justice. With keen psychological insight and gentle satire, the novel examines Victorian morality and the fragility of reputation. A poignant conclusion to a landmark series, it celebrates compassion, resilience, and the enduring power of community.

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.