Barchester Towers: Chronicles of Barsetshire, Book 2

by Anthony Trollope, Moncreiffe Press (editor)

Annotated Content

This edition has been annotated with the following unique

Historical contextDetailed 19th century analysis
About Barchester Towers

“The greatest mistake any man ever made is to suppose that the good things of the world are not worth the winning.”

Barchester Towers is a novel by English author Anthony Trollope, published in 1857. In this sequel to The Warden, Trollope satirically portrays the struggle for control of the English diocese of Barchester.

One of the celebrated author’s best loved novels, it is populated by a memorable cast of characters including the bungling Dr Proudie, his villainously unpleasant wife, and the oily, calculating curate Obadiah Slope. A brilliant depiction of 19th century provincial life, this is a sharply satirical, and engaging addition to the enduringly popular Barsetshire series.

428 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 12, 2023

About the author

Anthony Trollope became one of the most successful, prolific and respected English novelists of the Victorian era. Some of Trollope's best-loved works, known as the Chronicles of Barsetshire, revolve around the imaginary county of Barsetshire; he also wrote penetrating novels on political, social, and gender issues and conflicts of his day.

Trollope has always been a popular novelist. Noted fans have included Sir Alec Guinness (who never travelled without a Trollope novel), former British Prime Ministers Harold Macmillan and Sir John Major, economist John Kenneth Galbraith, American novelists Sue Grafton and Dominick Dunne and soap opera writer Harding Lemay. Trollope's literary reputation dipped somewhat during the last years of his life, but he regained the esteem of critics by the mid-twentieth century.
See also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_...