![]() ![]() ![]() In an attempt to make connections with high society, young vicar Mark Robarts foolishly guarantees a loan to the corrupt member of Parliament, Nate Sowerby. The series has been adapted for television in The Barchester Chronicles (1982) and Doctor Thorne (2016), and as dramatised radio programmes produced by BBC Radio 4. However, Trollope also received criticism, particularly for his plot development and the use of an intrusive narrative voice. Both modern and contemporary critics have praised the realism of Barsetshire and the intricacies of its characters. This series is regarded by many as Trollope's finest work. It was not until 1878, 11 years after The Last Chronicle of Barset, that these six novels were collectively published as the Chronicles of Barset. Rather, after creating Barsetshire, he found himself returning to it as the setting for his following works. ![]() ![]() Ī series was not planned when Trollope began writing The Warden. The novels concern the dealings of the clergy and the gentry, and the political, amatory, and social manoeuvrings among them. They are set in the fictional English county of Barsetshire and its cathedral town of Barchester. The Chronicles of Barsetshire is a series of six novels by English author Anthony Trollope, published between 18. Chronicles of Barsetshire The Warden (1855)ġ January 1855 – 6 July 1867 (initial publication) ![]()
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