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"Barchester Towers", Trollope's most popular novel, is the second of the six "Chronicles of Barsetshire." "The Chronicles" follow the intrigues of ambition and love in the cathedral town of Barchester. Trollope was of course interested in the Church, that pillar of Victorian society - in its... read more

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Memorable Quotes

  • “Nothing fatigues the body so much as weariness of spirit”

First Sentence

No fewer than four biographies of Trollope have appeared in recent years, by R. H. Super (1988), Richard Mullen (1990), N. John Hall (1991) and Victoria Glendinning (1992).

Series

This is book 2 in the Barsetshire Chronicles series.

Authors & Contributors

  1. Anthony Trollope (Author)

Other Contributors:

  1. John Sutherland (Introduction)
 

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