Here is the acclaimed BBC Radio 4 dramatisation of Anthony Trollope's classic story of provincial life. One of the most respected, successful chroniclers of 19th-century life, Anthony Trollope is still widely-read and much-loved today, and The Barchester Chronicles - witty moral comedies with a wonderful range of characters - are among his most popular tales.
In the second story in the series, the Reverend is now plain Mr Harding, bound up in a tale of intrigue, hypocrisy and ambition that will delight the listener.
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"I went on from The Warden to this book. The church hierarchy is like a small town that seems boring at first. But Trollope has such command of character. It's good reading for anyone who has been disillusioned by organized religion, especially if it's much influenced by inside politics. Although it's strained at times, especially where love is concerned, it's a realistic and humorous look at the human underside of the clergy." — Katherine (4 out of 5 stars)
"I went on from The Warden to this book. The church hierarchy is like a small town that seems boring at first. But Trollope has such command of character. It's good reading for anyone who has been disillusioned by organized religion, especially if it's much influenced by inside politics. Although it's strained at times, especially where love is concerned, it's a realistic and humorous look at the human underside of the clergy."
" High church vs. low church politics, comedy ensues! Mr. Slope is a heel. Everyone wants to marry Eleanor Bold. "
" Hilarious - Trollope at his most comic. "
" I have to thank Kate for suggesting Trollope, which also means I have to confess it'd never occurred to me on my own to read him. I quite enjoyed this book with its scheming clergymen and little community uproars and even the sort of perfunctory love story. "
" The first half is hilarious. "
" I expected to love this as much as The Way We Live Now, but found it less compelling by far. Wonderful characters, and a good plot, but it dragged on and on at the end, with uncompelling resolutions to the various plots. "
" This was a HARD one for me to get into and I probably wouldn't have made it through if not for book club. Once I got into it I really enjoyed it though...lots of social politics and dickens-esque one-liners and old fashioned moralizing. It made me feel like a grown-up. "
" Trollope is the most humane of writers, he even loves his unpleasant characters. Time spent in his company is never wasted... "
" my first eread! Convenient but missed the paper, especially reading a Victorian novel. Trollope is definitely one of my all-time favourite writers. "
" Trollope is the answer to the equation: Miss Manners + Vonnegut + Austen = ? Manners satire with the typical pink bow (silk ribbon, of course) happy endings made famous by Mr. Popular Sentiment. "
" book two in the chronicles of barchester. evangelicalism vs. high churchmanship in the 19th century church of england. funny characterization and engaging parallels to the crisis among anglicans today. "
" War, war, internecine war... "
" The second of the six Chronicles of Barsetshire novels, "Barchester Towers" is the first Trollope novel I read and I loved it! It's full of wit, very well-ploted and I liked the characters very much. The fact that I love anything Victorian didn't hurt either;) "
" A torturously long novel, read for a survey course in British authors in college. Several days of my life I'll never get back again. "
" Moments of insight and terrific detail make up for somewhat insipid plot and failure to follow up on early promise of book. Nonetheless I loved it anyhow. "
" very long but funny "
" What a wonderful, delightful, surprising novel! "
" I love long books. This is an entire world that he creates and carries from book to book. I'm working on reading them all! "
" A little slice of Victorian heaven. You wouldn't guess it, or possibly notice it at first, but this book is hilarious. A great bedtime book. "
" #2 of the Barsetshire Chronicles "
" I normally like 19th-century literature, but I just couldn't get into this book. It was badly written, the story was uninteresting, and the "scandalous conclusion" the back cover promised never materialized. 'Nuff said. "
" Too slow moving, I got bored and didn't finish. "
" The first book The Warden was better. Some parts of Barchester Towers was good but too much time was given to a romantic comedy of errors. The problems of the church were more itneresting in the first book. "
Anthony Trollope (1815–1882) grew up in London. He inherited his mother’s ambition to write and was famously disciplined in the development of his craft. His first novel was published in 1847 while he was working in Ireland as a surveyor for the General Post Office. He wrote a series of books set in the English countryside as well as those set in the political life, works that show great psychological penetration. One of his greatest strengths was his ability to re-create in his fiction his own vision of the social structures of Victorian England. The author of forty-seven novels, he was one of the most prolific and respected English novelists of the Victorian era.
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