The Chronicles of Barsetshire Series involve six novels set in the fictitious English county of Barsetshire (located near where Dorset lies) and its cathedral town of Barchester. Among his fans are Sir Alec Guinness who reportedly never went on a trip without a Trollope novel. He wrote novels on political, social, and gender issues, and on other current affairs. The Warden concerns Mr Septimus Harding, the meek, elderly warden of Hiram's Hospital and precentor of Barchester Cathedral, in the fictional county of Barsetshire.īarchester Towers satirises the then raging antipathy in the Church of England between High Church and Evangelical adherents.ĭoctor Thorne revolves around his niece, Mary Thorne, and her romantic problems along with Frank Gresham, the only son of the local squire.Įnglish author Anthony Trollope (/1815 –1882) was a respected Victorian-era author.
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