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The warden trollope review6/2/2023 ![]() ![]() There are some new characters which add life and colour to the novel. She is a widow and open to the attentions of others. Vicar’s daughter Eleanor’s happy marriage at the end of the book is no more. It picks up a couple of years after “The Warden”. I did feel, however, that some of the simple charm of the first book was missing and it is more weighed down by the tale of intrigue amongst men of the cloth. “Barchester Towers” (1857) is a longer and more thoroughly plotted novel. It’s a perfect winter’s day novel, gentle, readable and with considerable charm. It snowballs (slightly) from here with Trollope’s tongue in cheek look at honorary posts and the privileges of the Church of England together with the ramifications of challenging those. A suitor of his daughter discovers that this was not the intention of the foundation who set the charity up. ![]() Main character, Harding, is a vicar who alongside his other work is given an honorary post as warden at an alms hospital with a very healthy stipend. ![]() To be fair, not a lot happens and if action is your bag you might think twice about this, but I have to say that not a lot happens very nicely. It was actually a much lighter read than I was anticipating and also light on the pocket as it was a free book from Kindle. Strangely, before these I had not read any Anthony Trollope before but “The Warden” (1855) proved a good introduction to the Chronicles of Barsetshire. ![]()
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