Barchester Towers
by Anthony Trollope
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- Paperback
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- ISBN 10
- 0140063943
- ISBN 13
- 9780140063943
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About This Item
Penguin, UK, 1983. Reprint. Paperback. Good/Good. Paperback. 248 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Penguin, UK, 1983. Reprint. *** CONDITION: This book is in good condition. Heavy crease on back cover. Tanned pages with foxing on end pages. Reading creases to spine. Minor spine lean. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: Barchester Towers (1857) was the book that made Trollope's reputation and it remains his most popular and enjoyable novel. The arrival of a new bishop in Barchester, accompanied by his formidable wife and ambitious chaplain, Obadiah Slope, sets the town in turmoil as Archdeacon Grantly declares 'War, war, internecine war!' on Bishop Proudie and his supporters. Who will come out on top in the battle between the archdeacon, the bishop, Mr Slope, and Mrs Proudie? The livelihood of Mr Harding, the saintly hero of The Warden, is once more under threat but clerical warfare finds itself tangled up in the wayward (and sometimes perverse) desires of the many courtships, seductions, and romances of the book. Who will marry Eleanor Bold? Can any man resist the charms of the exotically beautiful 'La Signora Madeline Vesey Neroni'? Will the oily Mr Slope finally get his comeuppance? *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Historical; ISBN: 0140063943. ISBN/EAN: 9780140063943. Inventory No: 12030837.. 9780140063943
Synopsis
Barchester Towers, published in 1857, is the second novel in Anthony Trollope's series known as the "Chronicles of Barsetshire". It is possibly Trollope's best known work.
Reviews
On Jun 8 2018, The Old Library Bookshop said:
It may be a peculiar taste for this day and age, but I love a good, long Trollope novel. To romp in the cathedral town of Barchester is to enter a world in partnership with the man who created it, as Trollope pauses every so often to describe why the story is proceeding in such or such a direction and to expound on the difficulties of novel-writing. This novel is a continuation of his first Barchester story, "The Warden," and good Dr. Hardy, though no longer the main character, still offers his quiet wisdom to ensure that all ends well. His darling daughter, the widow Eleanor Bold, is the juicy plum sought after by three of the story's male leads: the evil Mr. Slope, the rather amoral Bertie Stanhope, and, of course, the hero, Mr. Arabin. The other villain in the story, the bishop's wife, is the best argument for Roman Catholic priestly celibacy that I've ever encountered. The reader becomes so immersed in this Victorian ecclesiastical milieu that he or she can even overlook sentiments like "He had that nice appreciation of the feelings of others which belongs of right exclusively to women." As one begins to talk to oneself in the speech patterns of the upper-class Victorian English, it is time for the 563 pages of the novel to come to an end. It is nice to know, however, that there is a vast supply of Trollope novels to turn to whenever a respite from the stress of living in the 21st century is required.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Manyhills Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12030837
- Title
- Barchester Towers
- Author
- Anthony Trollope
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- ISBN 10
- 0140063943
- ISBN 13
- 9780140063943
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Place of Publication
- UK
- Date Published
- 1983
- Keywords
- BZDB5 Fiction; Barchester Towers
- Bookseller catalogs
- Historical; Fiction;
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