
Anthony Trollope: The Chronicles of Barsetshire & The Palliser Novels (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Clergy, gentry, and Parliament: Barsetshire and Palliser sagas of Victorian intrigueBy Anthony TrollopeLength320h 16m
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Anthony Trollope: The Chronicles of Barsetshire & The Palliser Novels gathers the two great fictional architectures on which Trollope's reputation securely rests. The Barsetshire sequence anatomizes clerical, domestic, and provincial life with humane irony, while the Palliser novels move into parliamentary politics, aristocratic marriage, finance, and public duty. Written in a lucid, conversational realist style, these works stand at the center of Victorian fiction, balancing social comedy with moral seriousness and an unusually patient attention to institutions. Trollope, a long-serving official in the General Post Office, brought to fiction a practical knowledge of bureaucracy, travel, class negotiation, and professional routine. His disciplined habits of composition and his experience of both English and Irish society helped shape novels attentive to systems as much as to individuals. He understood ambition, compromise, and respectability from within, yet rendered them with sympathetic detachment rather than melodrama. This collection is strongly recommended to readers seeking the breadth of nineteenth-century realism at its most companionable and intelligent. It offers not merely plots of courtship and career, but a sustained meditation on how private conscience survives within public structures.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- A comprehensive Introduction outlines these selected works' unifying features, themes, or stylistic evolutions.
- The Author Biography highlights personal milestones and literary influences that shape the entire body of writing.
- A Historical Context section situates the works in their broader era—social currents, cultural trends, and key events that underpin their creation.
- A concise Synopsis (Selection) offers an accessible overview of the included texts, helping readers navigate plotlines and main ideas without revealing critical twists.
- A unified Analysis examines recurring motifs and stylistic hallmarks across the collection, tying the stories together while spotlighting the different work's strengths.
- Reflection questions inspire deeper contemplation of the author's overarching message, inviting readers to draw connections among different texts and relate them to modern contexts.
- Lastly, our hand‐picked Memorable Quotes distill pivotal lines and turning points, serving as touchstones for the collection's central themes.
Audiobook details
GenreLiterary Classics, General Fiction
Length320 hrs 16 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateApr 12, 2015
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Anthony Trollope: The Chronicles of Barsetshire & The Palliser Novels (Annotated)
74Can You Forgive Her? (pt. 3)
2Introduction
75Can You Forgive Her? (pt. 4)
3Author Biography
76Can You Forgive Her? (pt. 5)
4Historical Context
77Can You Forgive Her? (pt. 6)
5Synopsis (Selection)
78Can You Forgive Her? (pt. 7)
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6Anthony Trollope: The Chronicles of Barsetshire & The Palliser Novels
79Can You Forgive Her? (pt. 8)
7An Autobiography (pt. 1)
80Can You Forgive Her? (pt. 9)
8An Autobiography (pt. 2)
81Can You Forgive Her? (pt. 10)
9An Autobiography (pt. 3)
82Can You Forgive Her? (pt. 11)
10An Autobiography (pt. 4)
83Can You Forgive Her? (pt. 12)
11An Autobiography (pt. 5)
84Can You Forgive Her? (pt. 13)
12The Chronicles of Barsetshire:
85Can You Forgive Her? (pt. 14)
13The Warden (pt. 1)
86Phineas Finn (pt. 1)
14The Warden (pt. 2)
87Phineas Finn (pt. 2)
15The Warden (pt. 3)
88Phineas Finn (pt. 3)
16The Warden (pt. 4)
89Phineas Finn (pt. 4)
17The Barchester Towers (pt. 1)
90Phineas Finn (pt. 5)
18The Barchester Towers (pt. 2)
91Phineas Finn (pt. 6)
19The Barchester Towers (pt. 3)
92Phineas Finn (pt. 7)
20The Barchester Towers (pt. 4)
93Phineas Finn (pt. 8)
21The Barchester Towers (pt. 5)
94Phineas Finn (pt. 9)
22The Barchester Towers (pt. 6)
95Phineas Finn (pt. 10)
23The Barchester Towers (pt. 7)
96Phineas Finn (pt. 11)
24The Barchester Towers (pt. 8)
97Phineas Finn (pt. 12)
25The Barchester Towers (pt. 9)
98The Eustace Diamonds (pt. 1)
26Doctor Thorne (pt. 1)
99The Eustace Diamonds (pt. 2)
27Doctor Thorne (pt. 2)
100The Eustace Diamonds (pt. 3)
28Doctor Thorne (pt. 3)
101The Eustace Diamonds (pt. 4)
29Doctor Thorne (pt. 4)
102The Eustace Diamonds (pt. 5)
30Doctor Thorne (pt. 5)
103The Eustace Diamonds (pt. 6)
31Doctor Thorne (pt. 6)
104The Eustace Diamonds (pt. 7)
32Doctor Thorne (pt. 7)
105The Eustace Diamonds (pt. 8)
33Doctor Thorne (pt. 8)
106The Eustace Diamonds (pt. 9)
34Doctor Thorne (pt. 9)
107The Eustace Diamonds (pt. 10)
35Doctor Thorne (pt. 10)
108The Eustace Diamonds (pt. 11)
36Framley Parsonage (pt. 1)
109The Eustace Diamonds (pt. 12)
37Framley Parsonage (pt. 2)
110Phineas Redux (pt. 1)
38Framley Parsonage (pt. 3)
111Phineas Redux (pt. 2)
39Framley Parsonage (pt. 4)
112Phineas Redux (pt. 3)
40Framley Parsonage (pt. 5)
113Phineas Redux (pt. 4)
41Framley Parsonage (pt. 6)
114Phineas Redux (pt. 5)
42Framley Parsonage (pt. 7)
115Phineas Redux (pt. 6)
43Framley Parsonage (pt. 8)
116Phineas Redux (pt. 7)
44Framley Parsonage (pt. 9)
117Phineas Redux (pt. 8)
45The Small House at Allington (pt. 1)
118Phineas Redux (pt. 9)
46The Small House at Allington (pt. 2)
119Phineas Redux (pt. 10)
47The Small House at Allington (pt. 3)
120Phineas Redux (pt. 11)
48The Small House at Allington (pt. 4)
121Phineas Redux (pt. 12)
49The Small House at Allington (pt. 5)
122The Prime Minister (pt. 1)
50The Small House at Allington (pt. 6)
123The Prime Minister (pt. 2)
51The Small House at Allington (pt. 7)
124The Prime Minister (pt. 3)
52The Small House at Allington (pt. 8)
125The Prime Minister (pt. 4)
53The Small House at Allington (pt. 9)
126The Prime Minister (pt. 5)
54The Small House at Allington (pt. 10)
127The Prime Minister (pt. 6)
55The Small House at Allington (pt. 11)
128The Prime Minister (pt. 7)
56The Last Chronicle of Barset (pt. 1)
129The Prime Minister (pt. 8)
57The Last Chronicle of Barset (pt. 2)
130The Prime Minister (pt. 9)
58The Last Chronicle of Barset (pt. 3)
131The Prime Minister (pt. 10)
59The Last Chronicle of Barset (pt. 4)
132The Prime Minister (pt. 11)
60The Last Chronicle of Barset (pt. 5)
133The Prime Minister (pt. 12)
61The Last Chronicle of Barset (pt. 6)
134The Duke’s Children (pt. 1)
62The Last Chronicle of Barset (pt. 7)
135The Duke’s Children (pt. 2)
63The Last Chronicle of Barset (pt. 8)
136The Duke’s Children (pt. 3)
64The Last Chronicle of Barset (pt. 9)
137The Duke’s Children (pt. 4)
65The Last Chronicle of Barset (pt. 10)
138The Duke’s Children (pt. 5)
66The Last Chronicle of Barset (pt. 11)
139The Duke’s Children (pt. 6)
67The Last Chronicle of Barset (pt. 12)
140The Duke’s Children (pt. 7)
68The Last Chronicle of Barset (pt. 13)
141The Duke’s Children (pt. 8)
69The Last Chronicle of Barset (pt. 14)
142The Duke’s Children (pt. 9)
70The Last Chronicle of Barset (pt. 15)
143The Duke’s Children (pt. 10)
71The Palliser Novels:
144Analysis
72Can You Forgive Her? (pt. 1)
145Reflection
73Can You Forgive Her? (pt. 2)
146Memorable Quotes