The WardenThe first of Trollope’s popular Barsetshire novels, set in the fictional cathedral town of Barchester, The Warden centers on the honorable cleric Septimus Harding, one of Trollope’s most memorable characters. When Harding is accused of mismanaging church funds, his predicament lays bare the complexities of the Victorian world and of nineteenth-century provincial life. And, as Louis Auchincloss observes in his Introduction, “The theme of The Warden presents the kind of social problem that always fascinated Trollope: the inevitable clash of ancient privilege with modern social awareness.” |
Contents
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THE BISHOP OF BARCHESTER | 22 |
HIRAMS BEDESMEN | 34 |
DR GRANTLY VISITS THE HOSPITAL | 43 |
THE WARDENS TEA PARTY | 55 |
VIL THE JUPITER | 67 |
PLUMSTEAD EPISCOPI | 73 |
THE WARDENS DECISION | 126 |
MOUNT OLYMPUS | 133 |
TOM TOWERS DR ANTICANT AND MR SENTIMENT | 143 |
A LONG DAY IN LONDON | 156 |
SIR ABRAHAM HAPHAZARD | 170 |
THE WARDEN IS VERY OBSTINATE | 177 |
THE WARDEN RESIGNS | 183 |
FAREWELL | 194 |
THE CONFERENCE | 85 |
TRIBULATION | 95 |
IPHIGENIA | 104 |
MR BOLDS VISIT TO PLUMSTEAD | 117 |
CONCLUSION | 205 |
NOTES | 211 |
READING GROUP GUIDE | 229 |
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