Anthony Trollope
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| Title | : | The Last Chronicle of Barset (Chronicles of Barsetshire #6) |
| Author | : | Anthony Trollope |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Penguin Classics |
| Pages | : | Pages: 890 pages |
| Published | : | August 29th 2002 by Penguin Books (first published 1867) |
| Categories | : | Classics. Fiction. Literature |
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When Reverend Josiah Crawley, the impoverished curate of Hogglestock, is accused of theft it causes a public scandal, sending shockwaves through the world of Barsetshire. The Crawleys desperately try to remain dignified while they are shunned by society, but the scandal threatens to tear them, and the community, apart.Drawing on his own childhood experience of genteel poverty, Trollope gives a painstakingly realistic depiction of the trials of a family striving to maintain its standards at all costs. With its sensitive portrayal of the proud and self-destructive figure of Crawley, this final volume is the darkest and most complex of all the Barsetshire novels.
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| Original Title: | The Last Chronicle of Barset |
| ISBN: | 0140437525 (ISBN13: 9780140437522) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Chronicles of Barsetshire #6 |
| Characters: | Josiah Crawley, Mrs Proudie, Mary Walker |
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2009: This is truly and sadly the last of Trollope's Barsetshire novels. I actually read it last year immediately after finishing the fifth book in the series; I simply had to find out what happened to two of the characters. Then, freed from the need to discover the ending, I read it again this year at the rate of six or eight chapters a week with my on-line Trollope group. Here is the entire series, which I am sure I will read again someday: 1.The Warden, 2.Barchester Towers, 3.Doctor Thorne,Fantastic! What a book! If you like great big long sagas full of crime, romance and interesting, if obnoxious, characters, this is for you. Its a beach book, a recovering-from-flu book or a flight-to-Indonesia (24 hours!) book. Of all the Barchester books, this one is the best. You don't need to read them in order either but it helps with the chronology of the characters.
I decided to read Trollope's Chronicle of Barsetshire this year and having just finished book 6 out of 6, I wanted to comment on this book and the series. I started in January and going in order, reading a book a month which helped me remember the stories read; plus my ridiculous highlighting and note taking on the Delphi collection of his works version, I could look up something and remember correctly. If interested in my notes look up my book under my "Trollope" shelf above. 😊 Like I said
As expected, this was a triumph. I love Anthony Trollope, and I have loved the Barsetshire novels so much, that I almost worried this final book might not meet my expectations, or might tamper with the novels of the previous books in ways I wouldn't like. However, I should have trusted Trollope more - this last book in the series is absolutely superb, with brilliant characterisation, a wonderful plot, and everything as it should be. I won't doubt Trollope again! The series overall is brilliant
I thought this would be a great book to have with me on the plane for a couple of trips, but I ended up reading it only in spurts for two weeks and then racing through the last 600 pages in one day. It's a pretty wonderful end to the Chronicles closing with the last days of the Warden, Septimus Harding. The proto-mystery wraps itself up pretty instantaneously after being dragged out for 700-odd pages, but I didn't mind. I am sure there will be some people who believe Lily Dale to be perfectly
I'm happy yet melancholy to have finished The Chronicles of Barset. What a journey! "And now, if the reader will allow me to seize him affectionately by the arm, we will together take our last farewell of Barset and of the towers of Barchester... To me Barset has been a real country, and its city a real city, and the spires and towers have been before my eyes, and the voices of the people are known to my ears, and the pavements of the city ways are familiar to my footsteps. To them I now say
It was a long, but satisfying, haul through the chronicles of Barsetshire - and such a pleasure to be reunited with so many of the characters in this final novel in the series. Trollope has one major plot device in the storyline - did high-minded but poor Rev Crawley steal a cheque for 20 pounds? - and from that stone thrown in the pond of Barsetshire, everything else ripples out. As usual, Trollope include a romance - that between Grace Crawley and Major Henry Grantley - but money, social
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