Barchester Towers

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Penguin, 17/11/1983 - 576 páginas
"I never saw anything like you clergymen … you are always thinking of fighting each other"

 

After the death of old Dr Grantly, a bitter struggle begins over who will succeed him as Bishop of Barchester. And when the decision is finally made to appoint the evangelical Dr Proudie, rather than the son of the old bishop, Archdeacon Grantly, resentment and suspicion threaten to cause deep divisions within the diocese. Trollope’s masterly depiction of the plotting and back-stabbing that ensues lies at the heart of one of the most vivid and comic of his Barsetshire novels, peopled by such very different figures as the saintly Warden of Hiram’s Hospital, Septimus Harding, the ineffectual but well-meaning new bishop and his terrifying wife, and the oily chaplain Mr Slope who has designs both on Mr Harding’s daughter and the fascinating would-be femme fatale Signora Vesey-Neroni.

This is the second volume of Trollope’s Chronicles of Barsetshire. In his introduction, Robin Gilmour examines the novel’s political and social background and Trollope’s concern with changes occurring in society. This edition also includes a preface by J. K. Galbraith.

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Hirams Hospital According to Act of Parliament
2
The ExWarden Rejoices in His Probable Return
8
Slope versus Harding
95
The Rubbish Cart
102
The New Champion
110
The Widows Suitors
117
Baby Worship
128
Who shall be Cock of the Walk?
139
Oxford the Master and Tutor of Lazarus
317
VOLUME III
327
Miss Thornes Fête Champêtre
329
Ullathorne Sports Act I
338
The Signora Neroni the Countess De Courcy and Mrs Proudie Meet Each Other at Ullathorne
350
The Bishop Breakfasts and the Dean Dies
360
The Lookalofts and the Greenacres
372
Ullathorne Sports Act II
381

The Widows Persecution
146
Barchester by Moonlight
154
Mr Arabin
167
St Ewolds Parsonage
179
The Thornes of Ullathorne
189
Mr Arabin Reads Himself in at St Ewolds
202
Mr Slope Manages Matters Very Cleverly
210
Fourteen Arguments in Favour
221
Mrs Proudie Wrestles and Gets a Fall
229
A Love Scene
239
Mrs Bold is Entertained by Dr and Mrs Grantly at Plumstead
253
IO A Serious Interview
267
Another Love Scene
275
The Bishops Library
287
A New Candidate for Ecclesiastical Honours
293
Mrs Proudie Victrix
307
Mrs Bold Confides Her Sorrow to Her Friend Miss Stanhope
389
Ullathorne Sports Act III
396
Mr and Mrs Quiverful are Made Happy Mr Slope is Encouraged by the Press
410
Mrs Bold at Home
422
The Stanhopes at Home
431
Mr Slopes Parting Interview with the Signora
441
The Dean Elect
449
Miss Thorne Shows Her Talent at MatchMaking
458
The Belzebub Colt
468
The Archdeacon is Satisfied with the State of Affairs
474
Mr Slope Bids Farewell to the Palace and its Inhabitants
481
The New Dean Takes Possession of the Deanery and the New Warden of the Hospital
487
Conclusion
495
NOTES
501
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Anthony Trollope (1815-1882) was born in London to a bankrupt barrister father and a mother who, as a well-known writer, supported the family. Trollope enjoyed considerable acclaim both as a novelist and as a senior civil servant in the Post Office. He published more than forty novels and many short stories that are regarded by some as among the greatest of nineteenth-century fiction.

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