
Chronicles of Barsetshire (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. The Complete Series – 6 Historical NovelsBy Anthony TrollopeLength149h 37m
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Anthony Trollope's Chronicles of Barsetshire is a richly observed sequence of six novels centered on the imaginary cathedral county of Barsetshire, where clerical politics, inheritance, courtship, ambition, and moral compromise unfold with quiet dramatic force. Written in a lucid, conversational realist style, the series combines social comedy with ethical seriousness, situating private desires within the institutions of church, family, and class. From The Warden to The Last Chronicle of Barset, Trollope helped define Victorian domestic realism by making ordinary dilemmas—money, reputation, duty, love—matters of profound narrative interest. Trollope, born in 1815, drew deeply on his experience as a civil servant in the General Post Office and on his acute understanding of bureaucratic life, social hierarchy, and professional obligation. His mother, Frances Trollope, was herself a successful novelist, and his own disciplined writing habits produced an extraordinary body of fiction. Barsetshire reflects both his administrative eye and his humane fascination with imperfect people negotiating rigid social structures. This work is highly recommended to readers of Victorian literature, ecclesiastical satire, and psychologically subtle social fiction. Patient, witty, and morally generous, it rewards those who value character over sensation and insight over melodrama.
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- The Synopsis outlines the central plot, highlighting key developments without spoiling critical twists.
- A detailed Historical Context immerses you in the era's events and influences that shaped the writing.
- An Author Biography reveals milestones in the author's life, illuminating the personal insights behind the text.
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GenreLiterary Classics, Humor
Length149 hrs 37 mins
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Table of contents
1Introduction
172The Small House at Allington
2Introduction
173Chapter I. The Squire of Allington.
3Author Biography
174Chapter II. The Two Pearls of Allington.
4Historical Context
175Chapter III. The Widow Dale of Allington.
5Synopsis (Selection)
176Chapter IV. Mrs. Roper's Boarding-house.
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6The Warden
177Chapter V. About L. D.
7Chapter I. Hiram's Hospital
178Chapter VI. Beautiful Days.
8Chapter II. The Barchester Reformer
179Chapter VII. The Beginning of Troubles.
9Chapter III. The Bishop of Barchester
180Chapter VIII. It Cannot Be.
10Chapter IV. Hiram's Bedesmen
181Chapter IX. Mrs. Dale's Little Party.
11Chapter V. Dr Grantly Visits the Hospital
182Chapter X. Mrs. Lupex and Amelia Roper.
12Chapter VI. The Warden's Tea Party
183Chapter XI. Social Life.
13Chapter VII. The Jupiter
184Chapter XII. Lilian Dale Becomes a Butterfly.
14Chapter VIII. Plumstead Episcopi
185Chapter XIII. A Visit to Guestwick.
15Chapter IX. The Conference
186Chapter XIV. John Eames Takes a Walk.
16Chapter X. Tribulation
187Chapter XV. The Last Day.
17Chapter XI. Iphigenia
188Chapter XVI. Mr. Crosbie Meets an Old Clergyman on His Way to Courcy Castle.
18Chapter XII. Mr Bold's Visit to Plumstead
189Chapter XVII. Courcy Castle.
19Chapter XIII. The Warden's Decision
190Chapter XVIII. Lily Dale's First Love-letter.
20Chapter XIV. Mount Olympus
191Chapter XIX. The Squire Makes a Visit to the Small House.
21Chapter XV. Tom Towers, Dr Anticant, and Mr Sentiment
192Chapter XX. Dr. Crofts.
22Chapter XVI. A Long Day in London
193Chapter XXI. John Eames Encounters Two Adventures, and Displays Great Courage in Both.
23Chapter XVII. Sir Abraham Haphazard
194Chapter XXII. Lord de Guest at Home.
24Chapter XVIII. The Warden Is Very Obstinate
195Chapter XXIII. Mr. Plantagenet Palliser.
25Chapter XIX. The Warden Resigns
196Chapter XXIV. A Mother-in-law and a Father-in-law.
26Chapter XX. Farewell
197Chapter XXV. Adolphus Crosbie Spends an Evening at His Club.
27Chapter XXI. Conclusion
198Chapter XXVI. Lord de Courcy in the Bosom of His Family.
28Barchester Towers
199Chapter XXVII. "On My Honour, I Do Not Understand It."
29Chapter I. Who Will Be the New Bishop?
200Chapter XXVIII. The Board.
30Chapter II. Hiram's Hospital According to Act of Parliament
201Chapter XXIX. John Eames Returns to Burton Crescent.
31Chapter III. Dr. and Mrs. Proudie
202Chapter XXX. Is It From Him?
32Chapter IV. The Bishop's Chaplain
203Chapter XXXI. The Wounded Fawn.
33Chapter V. A Morning Visit
204Chapter XXXII. Pawkins's in Jermyn Street.
34Chapter VI. War
205Chapter XXXIII. "The Time Will Come."
35Chapter VII. The Dean and Chapter Take Counsel
206Chapter XXXIV. The Combat.
36Chapter VIII. The Ex-Warden Rejoices in His Probable Return to the Hospital
207Chapter XXXV. Væ Victis.
37Chapter IX. The Stanhope Family
208Chapter XXXVI. "See, the Conquering Hero Comes."
38Chapter X. Mrs. Proudie's Reception—Commenced
209Chapter XXXVII. An Old Man's Complaint.
39Chapter XI. Mrs. Proudie's Reception—Concluded
210Chapter XXXVIII. Doctor Crofts is Called In.
40Chapter XII. Slope versus Harding
211Chapter XXXIX. Dr. Crofts is Turned Out.
41Chapter XIII. The Rubbish Cart
212Chapter XL. Preparations for the Wedding.
42Chapter XIV. The New Champion
213Chapter XLI. Domestic Troubles.
43Chapter XV. The Widow's Suitors
214Chapter XLII. Lily's Bedside.
44Chapter XVI. Baby Worship
215Chapter XLIII. Fie, Fie!
45Chapter XVII. Who Shall Be Cock of the Walk?
216Chapter XLIV. Valentine's Day at Allington.
46Chapter XVIII. The Widow's Persecution
217Chapter XLV. Valentine's Day in London.
47Chapter XIX. Barchester by Moonlight
218Chapter XLVI. John Eames at His Office.
48Chapter XX. Mr. Arabin
219Chapter XLVII. The New Private Secretary.
49Chapter XXI. St. Ewold's Parsonage
220Chapter XLVIII. Nemesis.
50Chapter XXII. The Thornes of Ullathorne
221Chapter XLIX. Preparations for Going.
51Chapter XXIII. Mr. Arabin Reads Himself in at St. Ewold's
222Chapter L. Mrs. Dale is Thankful for a Good Thing.
52Chapter XXIV. Mr. Slope Manages Matters Very Cleverly at Puddingdale
223Chapter LI. John Eames Does Things Which He Ought Not to Have Done.
53Chapter XXV. Fourteen Arguments in Favour of Mr. Quiverful's Claims
224Chapter LII. The First Visit to the Guestwick Bridge.
54Chapter XXVI. Mrs. Proudie Wrestles and Gets a Fall
225Chapter LIII. Loquitur Hopkins.
55Chapter XXVII. A Love Scene
226Chapter LIV. The Second Visit to the Guestwick Bridge.
56Chapter XXVIII. Mrs. Bold is Entertained by Dr. and Mrs. Grantly at Plumstead
227Chapter LV. Not Very Fie Fie After All.
57Chapter XXIX. A Serious Interview
228Chapter LVI. Showing How Mr. Crosbie Became Again a Happy Man.
58Chapter XXX. Another Love Scene
229Chapter LVII. Lilian Dale Vanquishes Her Mother.
59Chapter XXXI. The Bishop's Library
230Chapter LVIII. The Fate of the Small House.
60Chapter XXXII. A New Candidate for Ecclesiastical Honours
231Chapter LIX. John Eames Becomes a Man.
61Chapter XXXIII. Mrs. Proudie Victrix
232Chapter LX. Conclusion.
62Chapter XXXIV. Oxford—The Master and Tutor of Lazarus
233The Last Chronicle of Barset
63Chapter XXXV. Miss Thorne's Fête Champêtre
234Chapter I. How Did He Get It?
64Chapter XXXVI. Ullathorne Sports—Act I
235Chapter II. By Heavens He Had Better Not!
65Chapter XXXVII. The Signora Neroni, the Countess De Courcy, and Mrs. Proudie Meet Each Other at Ullathorne
236Chapter III. The Archdeacon's Threat.
66Chapter XXXVIII. The Bishop Sits Down to Breakfast, and the Dean Dies
237Chapter IV. The Clergyman's House at Hogglestock.
67Chapter XXXIX. The Lookalofts and the Greenacres
238Chapter V. What the World Thought About It.
68Chapter XL. Ullathorne Sports—Act II
239Chapter VI. Grace Crawley.
69Chapter XLI. Mrs. Bold Confides Her Sorrow to Her Friend Miss Stanhope
240Chapter VII. Miss Prettyman's Private Room.
70Chapter XLII. Ullathorne Sports—Act III
241Chapter VIII. Mr. Crawley is Taken to Silverbridge.
71Chapter XLIII. Mr. and Mrs. Quiverful Are Made Happy. Mr. Slope is Encouraged by the Press
242Chapter IX. Grace Crawley Goes to Allington.
72Chapter XLIV. Mrs. Bold at Home
243Chapter X. Dinner at Framley Court.
73Chapter XLV. The Stanhopes at Home
244Chapter XI. The Bishop Sends His Inhibition.
74Chapter XLVI. Mr. Slope's Parting Interview with the Signora
245Chapter XII. Mr. Crawley Seeks for Sympathy.
75Chapter XLVII. The Dean Elect
246Chapter XIII. The Bishop's Angel.
76Chapter XLVIII. Miss Thorne Shows Her Talent at Match-Making
247Chapter XIV. Major Grantly Consults a Friend.
77Chapter XLIX. The Beelzebub Colt
248Chapter XV. Up in London.
78Chapter L. The Archdeacon Is Satisfied with the State of Affairs
249Chapter XVI. Down at Allington.
79Chapter LI. Mr. Slope Bids Farewell to the Palace and Its Inhabitants
250Chapter XVII. Mr. Crawley is Summoned to Barchester.
80Chapter LII. The New Dean Takes Possession of the Deanery, and the New Warden of the Hospital
251Chapter XVIII. The Bishop of Barchester is Crushed.
81Chapter LIII. Conclusion
252Chapter XIX. Where Did it Come From?
82Doctor Thorne
253Chapter XX. What Mr. Walker Thought About It.
83Chapter I. The Greshams of Greshamsbury
254Chapter XXI. Mr. Robarts on His Embassy.
84Chapter II. Long, Long Ago
255Chapter XXII. Major Grantly at Home.
85Chapter III. Dr Thorne
256Chapter XXIII. Miss Lily Dale's Resolution.
86Chapter IV. Lessons From Courcy Castle
257Chapter XXIV. Mrs. Dobbs Broughton's Dinner-party.
87Chapter V. Frank Gresham’s First Speech
258Chapter XXV. Miss Madalina Demolines.
88Chapter VI. Frank Gresham’s Early Loves
259Chapter XXVI. The Picture.
89Chapter VII. The Doctor’s Garden
260Chapter XXVII. A Hero at Home.
90Chapter IX. Sir Roger Scatcherd
261Chapter XXVIII. Showing How Major Grantly Took a Walk.
91Chapter X. Sir Roger’s Will
262Chapter XXIX. Miss Lily Dale's Logic.
92Chapter XI. The Doctor Drinks His Tea
263Chapter XXX. Showing What Major Grantly Did After His Walk.
93Chapter XII. When Greek Meets Greek, Then Comes the Tug of War
264Chapter XXXI. Showing How Major Grantly Returned to Guestwick.
94Chapter XIII. The Two Uncles
265Chapter XXXII. Mr. Toogood
95Chapter XV. Courcy
266Chapter XXXIII. The Plumstead Foxes.
96Chapter XVI. Miss Dunstable
267Chapter XXXIV. Mrs. Proudie Sends for Her Lawyer.
97Chapter XVII. The Election
268Chapter XXXV. Lily Dale Writes Two Words in Her Book.
98Chapter XVIII. The Rivals
269Chapter XXXVI. Grace Crawley Returns Home.
99Chapter XX. The Proposal
270Chapter XXXVII. Hook Court.
100Chapter XXI. Mr Moffat Falls Into Trouble
271Chapter XXXVIII. Jael.
101Chapter XXII. Sir Roger Is Unseated
272Chapter XXXIX. A New Flirtation.
102Chapter XXIII. Retrospective
273Chapter XL. Mr. Toogood's Ideas About Society.
103Chapter XXIV. Louis Scatcherd
274Chapter XLI. Grace Crawley at Home.
104Chapter XXV. Sir Roger Dies
275Chapter XLII. Mr. Toogood Travels Professionally.
105Chapter XXVII. Miss Thorne Goes on a Visit
276Chapter XLIII. Mr. Crosbie Goes Into the City.
106Chapter XXVIII. The Doctor Hears Something to His Advantage
277Chapter XLIV. "I Suppose I Must Let You Have It."
107Chapter XXIX. The Donkey Ride
278Chapter XLV. Lily Dale Goes to London.
108Chapter XXX. Post Prandial
279Chapter XLVI. The Bayswater Romance.
109Chapter XXXI. The Small End of the Wedge
280Chapter XLVII. Dr. Tempest at the Palace.
110Chapter XXXIII. A Morning Visit
281Chapter XLVIII. The Softness of Sir Raffle Buffle.
111Chapter XXXIV. A Barouche and Four Arrives at Greshamsbury
282Chapter XLIX. Near the Close.
112Chapter XXXV. Sir Louis Goes Out to Dinner
283Chapter L. Lady Lufton's Proposition.
113Chapter XXXVI. Will He Come Again?
284Chapter LI. Mrs. Dobbs Broughton Piles Her Fagots.
114Chapter XXXVIII. De Courcy Precepts and De Courcy Practice
285Chapter LII. Why Don't You Have an "It" for Yourself?
115Chapter XXXIX. What the World Says About Blood
286Chapter LIII. Rotten Row.
116Chapter XL. The Two Doctors Change Patients
287Chapter LIV. The Clerical Commission.
117Chapter XLI. Doctor Thorne Won’t Interfere
288Chapter LV. Framley Parsonage.
118Chapter XLII. What Can You Give in Return?
289Chapter LVI. The Archdeacon Goes to Framley.
119Chapter XLIV. Saturday Evening and Sunday Morning
290Chapter LVII. A Double Pledge.
120Chapter XLV. Law Business in London
291Chapter LVIII. The Cross-grainedness of Men.
121Chapter XLVI. Our Pet Fox Finds a Tail
292Chapter LIX. A Lady Presents Her Compliments to Miss L. D.
122Chapter XLVII. How the Bride Was Received, and Who Were Asked to the Wedding
293Chapter LX. The End of Jael and Sisera.
123Framley Parsonage
294Chapter LXI. "It's Dogged as Does It."
124Chapter I. “Omnes Omnia Bona Dicere”
295Chapter LXII. Mr. Crawley's Letter to the Dean.
125Chapter II. The Framley Set, and the Chaldicotes Set
296Chapter LXIII. Two Visitors to Hogglestock.
126Chapter III. Chaldicotes
297Chapter LXIV. The Tragedy in Hook Court.
127Chapter IV. A Matter of Conscience
298Chapter LXV. Miss Van Siever Makes Her Choice.
128Chapter V. Amantium Iræ Amoris Integratio
299Chapter LXVI. Requiescat in Pace.
129Chapter VI. Mr. Harold Smith’s Lecture
300Chapter LXVII. In Memoriam.
130Chapter VII. Sunday Morning
301Chapter LXVIII. The Obstinacy of Mr. Crawley.
131Chapter VIII. Gatherum Castle
302Chapter LXIX. Mr. Crawley's Last Appearance in His Own Pulpit.
132Chapter IX. The Vicar’s Return
303Chapter LXX. Mrs. Arabin is Caught.
133Chapter X. Lucy Robarts
304Chapter LXXI. Mr. Toogood at Silverbridge
134Chapter XI. Griselda Grantly
305Chapter LXXII. Mr. Toogood at "The Dragon of Wantly."
135Chapter XII. The Little Bill
306Chapter LXXIII. There is Comfort at Plumstead.
136Chapter XIII. Delicate Hints
307Chapter LXXIV. The Crawleys are Informed.
137Chapter XIV. Mr. Crawley of Hogglestock
308Chapter LXXV. Madalina's Heart is Bleeding.
138Chapter XV. Lady Lufton’s Ambassador
309Chapter LXXVI. I Think He is Light of Heart.
139Chapter XVI. Mrs. Podgens’ Baby
310Chapter LXXVII. The Shattered Tree.
140Chapter XVII. Mrs. Proudie’s Conversazione
311Chapter LXXVIII. The Arabins Return to Barchester.
141Chapter XVIII. The New Minister’s Patronage
312Chapter LXXIX. Mr. Crawley Speaks of His Coat.
142Chapter XIX. Money Dealings
313Chapter LXXX. Miss Demolines Desires to Become a Finger-post.
143Chapter XX. Harold Smith in the Cabinet
314Chapter LXXXI. Barchester Cloisters.
144Chapter XXI. Why Puck, the Pony, Was Beaten
315Chapter LXXXII. The Last Scene at Hogglestock.
145Chapter XXII. Hogglestock Parsonage
316Chapter LXXXIII. Mr. Crawley is Conquered.
146Chapter XXIII. The Triumph of the Giants
317Chapter LXXXIV. Conclusion.
147Chapter XXIV. Magna Est Veritas
318An Autobiography
148Chapter XXV. Non-Impulsive
319Preface.
149Chapter XXVI. Impulsive
320Chapter I. My Education. 1815-1834.
150Chapter XXVII. South Audley Street
321Chapter II. My Mother.
151Chapter XXVIII. Dr. Thorne
322Chapter III. The General Post Office. 1834-1841.
152Chapter XXIX. Miss Dunstable at Home
323Chapter IV. Ireland—My First Two Novels. 1841-1848.
153Chapter XXX. The Grantly Triumph
324Chapter V. My First Success. 1849-1855.
154Chapter XXXI. Salmon Fishing in Norway
325Chapter VI. Barchester Towers and the Three Clerks. 1855-1858.
155Chapter XXXII. The Goat and Compasses
326Chapter VII. Doctor Thorne—The Bertrams—The West Indies and the Spanish Main.
156Chapter XXXIII. Consolation
327Chapter VIII. The Cornhill Magazine and Framley Parsonage.
157Chapter XXXIV. Lady Lufton Is Taken by Surprise
328Chapter IX. Castle Richmond—Brown, Jones, and Robinson—North America—Orley Farm.
158Chapter XXXV. The Story of King Cophetua
329Chapter X. The Small House at Allington—Can You Forgive Her?—Rachel Ray—And the Fortnightly Review.
159Chapter XXXVI. Kidnapping at Hogglestock
330Chapter XI. The Claverings—The Pall Mall Gazette—Nina Balatka—And Linda Tressel.
160Chapter XXXVII. Mr. Sowerby Without Company
331Chapter XII. On Novels and the Art of Writing Them.
161Chapter XXXVIII. Is There Cause or Just Impediment?
332Chapter XIII. On English Novelists of the Present Day.
162Chapter XXXIX. How to Write a Love Letter
333Chapter XIV. On Criticism.
163Chapter XL. Internecine
334Chapter XV. The Last Chronicle of Barset—Leaving the Post Office—St. Paul's Magazine.
164Chapter XLI. Don Quixote
335Chapter XVI. Beverley.
165Chapter XLII. Touching Pitch
336Chapter XVII. The American Postal Treaty—The Question of Copyright with America—Four More Novels.
166Chapter XLIII. Is She Not Insignificant?
337Chapter XVIII. The Vicar of Bullhampton—Sir Harry Hotspur—An Editor's Tales—Cæsar.
167Chapter XLIV. The Philistines at the Parsonage
338Chapter XIX. Ralph the Heir—The Eustace Diamonds—Lady Anna—Australia.
168Chapter XLV. Palace Blessings
339Chapter XX. The Way We Live Now and the Prime Minister—Conclusion.
169Chapter XLVI. Lady Lufton’s Request
340Analysis
170Chapter XLVII. Nemesis
341Reflection
171Chapter XLVIII. How They Were All Married, Had Two Children, and Lived Happy Ever After
342Memorable Quotes