Chronicles of Barsetshire Series
The Chronicles of Barsetshire is a series of six novels by English author Anthony Trollope, published between 1855 and 1867. They are set in the fictional English county of Barsetshire and its cathedral town of Barchester. The novels concern the dealings of the clergy and the gentry, and the political, amatory, and social manoeuvrings that go on among them
The Chronicles of Barsetshire are widely regarded as Anthony Trollope's most famous literary works. In 1867, following the release of The Last Chronicle of Barset, a writer for The Examiner called these novels "the best set of sequels in our literature". Margaret Oliphant called the series "the most perfect art […] a kind of inspiration", while Virginia Woolf wrote: "We believe in Barchester as we believe in the reality of our own weekly bills". A writer for The Saturday Review (1864) compared Anthony Trollope’s work to that of Jane Austen, arguing that in The Small House at Allington, Anthony Trollope does "what Miss Austen did, only that he does it in the modern style, with far more detail and far more analysis of character".
Excerpted from Chronicles of Barsetshire on Wikipedia.
Chronicles of Barsetshire
| Author | Anthony Trollope |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Genre | Domestic fiction, Romances. |
| Copyright | Public domain worldwide. |
| Book cover | - |
| Ebooks | Project Gutenberg |
| Scans | - |
| Audio | Librivox | Internet Archive |
| Read online | CHRONICLES OF BARSETSHIRE 1. The Warden --Read by Nick Whitley-- The Warden is a novel by English author Anthony Trollope published by Longman in 1855. It is the first book in the Chronicles of Barsetshire series. 2. Barchester Towers --Read by Nick Whitley-- Barchester Towers is a novel by English author Anthony Trollope published by Longmans in 1857. It is the second book in the Chronicles of Barsetshire series 3. Doctor Thorne --Read by Nick Whitley-- Doctor Thorne is the third novel written by Anthony Trollope in his Chronicles of Barsetshire series. It was published by Chapman and Hall in London in 1858. 4. Framley Parsonage --Read by Nick Whitley-- Framley Parsonage is a novel by English author Anthony Trollope. It was first published in serial form in the Cornhill Magazine in 1860, then in book form in April 1861. It is the fourth book in the Chronicles of Barsetshire series. 5. The Small House at Allington --Reader: Collaborative-- The Small House at Allington is a novel by English novelist Anthony Trollope. It is the fifth book in the Chronicles of Barsetshire series. It enjoyed a revival in popularity in the early 1990s when the British prime minister, John Major, declared it as his favourite book. 6. The Last Chronicle of Barset --Read by Steve Gough-- The Last Chronicle of Barset is a novel by English author Anthony Trollope, published in 1867. It is the sixth and final book in the Chronicles of Barsetshire series. Trollope drew inspiration from his father and mother in the creation of the Rev. and Mrs. Crawley. In his autobiography, Trollope regards this novel as "the best novel I have written." |