by Anthony Trollope · Penguin Classics · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780140620214
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«Barchester Towers» is the classic novel by Anthony Trollope, published by Penguin Classics in paperback (480 pages, in English).
Barchester Towers, set in Victorian England, continues the chronicle of the diocese of Barchester. With a new bishop installed, the clergy and their dependents become embroiled in a struggle for control of the cathedral, in which the energetic Mrs. Proudie and the scheming chaplain Slope stand out.
Second novel in the Chronicles of Barsetshire series, Barchester Towers was originally published in 1857.
Recommended for readers of classic fiction and for those wishing to delve into the Chronicles of Barsetshire.
Anthony Trollope was an English novelist and civil servant of the Victorian era. Among the best-known of his 47 novels are two series of six novels each collectively known as the Chronicles of Barsetshire and the Palliser novels, as well as The Way We Live Now. His novels address political, social, and gender issues and other topical matters. He also wrote an autobiography, a book on William Makepeace Thackeray, a book on Lord Palmerston, five travel books, and 42 short stories.
