Barchester Towers

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Sprache - Englisch

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Barchester Towers concerns the leading clergy of the cathedral city of Barchester. The much loved bishop having died, all expectations are that his son, Archdeacon Grantly, will succeed him. Owing to the passage of the power of patronage to a new Prime Minister, a newcomer, the far more Evangelical Bishop Proudie, gains the see. His wife, Mrs Proudie, exercises an undue influence over the new bishop, making herself as well as the bishop unpopular with most of the clergy of the diocese. Her interference to veto the reappointment of the universally popular Mr Septimus Harding as warden of Hiram's Hospital is not well received, even though she gives the position to a needy clergyman, Mr Quiverful, with 14 children to support.


About the Author

Anthony Trollope (1815-1882) was an English novelist and civil servant of the Victorian era. Among his best-known works is a series of novels collectively known as the Chronicles of Barsetshire, which revolves around the imaginary county of Barsetshire. Trollope's other major series, the Palliser novels, concerned itself with politics, with the wealthy, industrious Palliser family. He also wrote novels on political, social, and gender issues, and other topical matters.

Product Details

Publisher: e-artnow

Genre: Sprache - Englisch

Language: English

Size: 493 Pages

Filesize: 827.3 KB

ISBN: 4064066057343

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