Barchester Towers
Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope, published by Dent in 1994, is a significant work in the Chronicles of Barsetshire series. This edition, comprising 523 pages, presents the continuation of the story of Mr. Harding and his daughter Eleanor, first introduced in The Warden. The narrative unfolds in the fictional cathedral city of Barchester, where themes of love, ambition, and clerical rivalry are explored through a diverse cast of characters, including the ambitious Mr. Slope and the beleaguered Dr. Proudie.
Readers will find a rich tapestry of social dynamics and moral questions woven throughout this literary classic. The novel addresses central dilemmas such as the appointments of warden and dean, as well as the romantic prospects of Eleanor, all delivered with Trollope’s characteristic irony and keen observation. This edition also features an introduction and extensive notes by John Sutherland, along with a chronology of the novel’s composition and insights into Trollopian names, enhancing the reader’s understanding of this historical fiction.
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Barchester Towers (1857) is the second of the six Chronicles of Barsetshire, the work in which, after a ten years’ apprenticeship, Trollope finally found his distinctive voice. In this his most popular novel, the chronicler continues the story of Mr. Harding and his daughter Eleanor, begun in The Warden, adding to his cast of characters that oily symbol of ‘progress’ Mr. Slope, the hen-pecked Dr. Proudie, and the amiable and breezy Stanhope family. Love, mammon, clerical in-fighting and promotion again figure prominently and comically, all centred on the magnificently imagined cathedral city of Barchester. The central questions of this moral comedy – Who will be warden? Who will be dean? Who will marry Eleanor? – are skilfully handled with the subtlety of ironic observation that has won Trollope such a wide and appreciative readership over the last 140 years. For this new edition, John Sutherland has contributed an introduction and extensive notes, as well as a chronology of the novel’s composition and current events, and a note on Trollopian names.
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