Framley Parsonage (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. A Victorian Clerical Satire of Ambition, Debt, Patronage, and Moral Compromise in BarsetshireBy Anthony Trollope
Length23h 43m
About this audiobook
Framley Parsonage, the fourth novel in Anthony Trollope's Chronicles of Barsetshire, is a finely balanced study of clerical ambition, social obligation, and moral compromise in Victorian England. Centered on Mark Robarts, a young vicar tempted by aristocratic influence and financial imprudence, the novel combines domestic realism with satirical acuity. Trollope's lucid, conversational style gives weight to ordinary decisions, while the Barsetshire setting allows him to examine church politics, class hierarchy, marriage, and conscience within a richly interconnected fictional world. Anthony Trollope, himself a long-serving civil servant in the Post Office, brought to fiction an unrivaled understanding of institutions, routine, and the pressures exerted by social networks. His experience of professional discipline and bureaucratic life informs his portrayal of duty, preferment, and moral weakness. Writing for serial publication, Trollope mastered the art of sustained narrative momentum, creating characters whose failings are treated with humane irony rather than melodramatic judgment. This novel is warmly recommended to readers interested in Victorian fiction, ecclesiastical satire, and the subtle drama of social life. Framley Parsonage rewards attention not through sensational incident, but through its wise, humane exploration of how character is tested by comfort, ambition, friendship, and love.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- A succinct Introduction situates the work's timeless appeal and themes.
- 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.
- A thorough Analysis dissects symbols, motifs, and character arcs to unearth underlying meanings.
- Reflection questions prompt you to engage personally with the work's messages, connecting them to modern life.
- Hand‐picked Memorable Quotes shine a spotlight on moments of literary brilliance.
- Interactive footnotes clarify unusual references, historical allusions, and archaic phrases for an effortless, more informed read.
Audiobook details
GenreLiterary Classics, Humor
Length23 hrs 43 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJan 23, 2018
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Framley Parsonage (Annotated)
2Introduction
3Synopsis
4Historical Context
5Author Biography
Show all chaptersShow less
6Chapter I. “Omnes Omnia Bona Dicere”
7Chapter II. The Framley Set, and the Chaldicotes Set
8Chapter III. Chaldicotes
9Chapter IV. A Matter of Conscience
10Chapter V. Amantium Iræ Amoris Integratio
11Chapter VI. Mr. Harold Smith’s Lecture
12Chapter VII. Sunday Morning
13Chapter VIII. Gatherum Castle
14Chapter IX. The Vicar’s Return
15Chapter X. Lucy Robarts
16Chapter XI. Griselda Grantly
17Chapter XII. The Little Bill
18Chapter XIII. Delicate Hints
19Chapter XIV. Mr. Crawley of Hogglestock
20Chapter XV. Lady Lufton’s Ambassador
21Chapter XVI. Mrs. Podgens’ Baby
22Chapter XVII. Mrs. Proudie’s Conversazione
23Chapter XVIII. The New Minister’s Patronage
24Chapter XIX. Money Dealings
25Chapter XX. Harold Smith in the Cabinet
26Chapter XXI. Why Puck, the Pony, Was Beaten
27Chapter XXII. Hogglestock Parsonage
28Chapter XXIII. The Triumph of the Giants
29Chapter XXIV. Magna Est Veritas
30Chapter XXV. Non-Impulsive
31Chapter XXVI. Impulsive
32Chapter XXVII. South Audley Street
33Chapter XXVIII. Dr. Thorne
34Chapter XXIX. Miss Dunstable at Home
35Chapter XXX. The Grantly Triumph
36Chapter XXXI. Salmon Fishing in Norway
37Chapter XXXII. The Goat and Compasses
38Chapter XXXIII. Consolation
39Chapter XXXIV. Lady Lufton Is Taken by Surprise
40Chapter XXXV. The Story of King Cophetua
41Chapter XXXVI. Kidnapping at Hogglestock
42Chapter XXXVII. Mr. Sowerby Without Company
43Chapter XXXVIII. Is There Cause or Just Impediment?
44Chapter XXXIX. How to Write a Love Letter
45Chapter XL. Internecine
46Chapter XLI. Don Quixote
47Chapter XLII. Touching Pitch
48Chapter XLIII. Is She Not Insignificant?
49Chapter XLIV. The Philistines at the Parsonage
50Chapter XLV. Palace Blessings
The Eustace Diamonds (Annotated)Anthony Trollope30h 20m4.2 (1.2K)$2 · $0.00
THE FIXED PERIOD (Dystopian Classic) (Annotated)Anthony Trollope8h 49m3.4 (1.9K)$2 · $0.00
THE COMPLETE PALLISER NOVELS (All 6 Novels in One Edition) (Annotated)Anthony Trollope171h 3m4.5 (280)$2 · $0.00
The Claverings (Annotated)Anthony Trollope20h 33m4.0 (1.7K)$2 · $0.00
The Complete Chronicles of Barsetshire: (The Warden + Barchester Towers + Doctor Thorne + Framley Parsonage + The Small House at Allington + The Last Chronicle of Barset) (Annotated)Anthony Trollope141h 33m4.6 (2.2K)$2 · $0.00
Doctor Thorne (Annotated)Anthony Trollope25h 10m$2 · $0.00
Barchester Towers (The Classic Unabridged Edition) (Annotated)Anthony Trollope23h4.2 (40.8K)$2 · $0.00
The Complete Chronicles of Barsetshire (Annotated)Anthony Trollope141h 18m4.5 (3.4K)$2 · $0.00
The Macdermots of Ballycloran (Annotated)Anthony Trollope16h 58m4.2 (121)$2 · $0.00
Can You Forgive Her? (Annotated)Anthony Trollope34h 55m4.4 (1.2K)$2 · $0.00
The Warden - Chronicles of Barsetshire (Unabridged) (Annotated)Anthony Trollope9h 18m3.9 (43.6K)$2 · $0.00
Barchester Towers (Annotated)Anthony Trollope23h 1m$2 · $0.00
Anthony Trollope: The Chronicles of Barsetshire & The Palliser Novels (Annotated)Anthony Trollope320h 16m4.6 (1K)$2 · $0.00
The Last Chronicle of Barset (The Classic Unabridged Edition) (Annotated)Anthony Trollope37h 58m4.3 (11K)$2 · $0.00
ANTHONY TROLLOPE Ultimate Collection: 100+ Novels & Short Stories; Articles, Memoirs & Essays (Annotated)Anthony Trollope1095h 5m$2 · $0.00
El doctor ThorneAnthony Trollope22h 16m4.2 (12.8K)$12 · $0.00
The Palliser Novels: Complete 6 Book Collection (Annotated)Anthony Trollope182h 35m4.4 (2.1K)$2 · $0.00
He Knew He Was Right (Annotated)Anthony Trollope37h 50m$2 · $0.00
The Way We Live Now (Annotated)Anthony Trollope38h 51m$2 · $0.00
The Jeeves and Wooster Stories: The Complete Collection (33 Books)P. G. Wodehouse21h 57m4.7 (2.8K)$15 · $0.00
The Gulag Archipelago Volume 3Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn21h 56m4.7 (8.9K)$46 · $0.00
The Bark Canoes and Skin Boats of North America (Annotated)Howard Irving Chapelle, Tappan Adney13h 9m4.8 (150)$0.99 · $0.00
This Side of Paradise - The Original 1920 Edition (Annotated)F. Scott Fitzgerald11h 30m4.6 (1.6K)$2 · $0.00
The Great Gatsby: Original 1925 Edition (An F. Scott Fitzgerald Classic NovelFrancis Scott Fitzgerald4h 45m4.6 (9.3K)$18 · $0.00
Ivanhoe (Annotated)Walter Scott22h 52m4.8 (88)$2 · $0.00
The Fire Next TimeJames Baldwin2h 25m4.6 (159.1K)$15
The Complete Histories / History Plays of William Shakespeare (Annotated)William Shakespeare29h 42m4.6 (2.3K)$0.99 · $0.00
Braving the TruthRachel Held Evans11h 31m4.7 (359)$29 · $0.00
Richard Wagamese SelectedRichard Wagamese3h 14m4.6 (594)$15
The Old Man and the Sea (Annotated)Ernest Hemingway4h 27m4.6 (1.4K)$2 · $0.00
Twelfth Night (The Unabridged Play) + The Classic Biography (Annotated)William Shakespeare, Sidney Lee16h 38m4.6 (1.4K)$2 · $0.00
Henry V (The Play, Historical Background and Analysis of the Character in the Play)William Shakespeare, William Hazlitt8h 40m4.6 (1.3K)$1 · $0.00
Pathways to LightPrakash Amte7h 6m4.6 (1.3K)$8
These Vital SignsSayed Tabatabai3h 20m4.7 (215)$18 · $0.00
H. P. LOVECRAFT Ultimate Collection: Novellas, Short Stories, Poetry & Essays (Annotated)H. P. Lovecraft12h 28m4.6 (2.3K)$2 · $0.00
Time RegainedMarcel Proust15h 54m4.5 (10.6K)$2 · $0.00
Lessons in TruthH. Emilie3h 50m4.6 (1.4K)$4.70 · $0.00
TORAH - Bilingual Edition: English/Hebrew (Annotated)Max Margolis, JPS28h 26m4.6 (1K)$2 · $0.00
The Poetic EddaJackson Crawford6h 24m4.5 (19.8K)$17
The Jeeves and Wooster Stories: The Complete Collection (33 Books)P. G. Wodehouse21h 57m4.7 (2.8K)$15 · $0.00
Birdie & HarlowTaylor Wolfe7h 50m4.6 (6.5K)$26 · $0.00
The Facts of MidlifeRobyn Peterman4h 49m4.5 (7.2K)$15
Chaos in a CoupeDivya Dugar9h 18m4.7 (177)$18 · $0.00
The Life of DaiDai Henwood, Jaquie Brown8h 2m4.6 (790)$26 · $0.00
What If? 10th Anniversary EditionRandall Munroe7h 29m4.5 (41.4K)$23
Welcome to PawneeJim O'Heir6h 24m4.5 (5.3K)$24 · $0.00
Going PostalTerry Pratchett13h 36m4.5 (163.8K)$33 · $0.00
Woman UninterruptedBrodie Kane7h 1m4.6 (562)$24 · $0.00
1984 & Animal Farm (Annotated)George Orwell15h 54m4.5 (220.8K)$1.99 · $0.00
Kingsblood Royal (Annotated)Sinclair Lewis14h 42m4.6 (264)$2 · $0.00
Hot Cowgirl Sh*tLacie Evans2h 15m4.7 (103)$15
This Is Going to HurtAdam Kay5h 47m4.4 (444.7K)$24 · $0.00
You Will Get Through This NightDaniel Howell6h 56m4.4 (11.8K)$24 · $0.00
Northanger Abbey (Annotated)Jane Austen10h 7m4.5 (1.6K)$2 · $0.00
My Dear HamiltonStephanie Dray, Laura Kamoie23h 7m4.4 (63.6K)$46 · $0.00
THE SCREWTAPE LETTERS & SCREWTAPE PROPOSES A TOAST (Annotated)C. S. Lewis5h 6m4.4 (471K)$2 · $0.00
Jungle UpNick Pirog10h 8m4.4 (3.1K)$20
The 13½ Lives of Captain BluebearWalter Moers16h 10m4.4 (34.3K)$28
Damon Runyon OmnibusDamon Runyon27h4.5 (242)$2 · $0.00
You may also like
Barchester TowersAnthony Trollope18h 49m4.1 (24.5K)$32
The Complete Chronicles of Barsetshire: (The Warden + Barchester Towers + Doctor Thorne + Framley Parsonage + The Small House at Allington + The Last Chronicle of Barset)Anthony Trollope140h 13m4.5 (1.6K)$1 · $0.00
An Enemy of the PeopleHenrik Ibsen3h 44m4.0 (21.2K)$3.50 · $0.00
The Complete Works of Anthony TrollopeAnthony Trollope1096h 27m4.6 (470)$1 · $0.00
Tartuffe, Or, The HypocriteMolière2h 8m3.9 (61.1K)$2.30
PersuasionJane Austen8h 57m4.3 (894.7K)$2 · $0.00
Claudine at School (Annotated)Colette9h 47m3.7 (3K)$0.99 · $0.00
The Barsetshire Chronicles - All 6 Books in One Edition (Annotated)Anthony Trollope141h 14m4.4 (1.3K)$0.99 · $0.00
The possessed Fyodor Dostoyevsky26h 37m4.4 (80.9K)Free
The Unbearable Bassington (Annotated)Saki, H. H. Munro6h 19m3.8 (2K)$2 · $0.00
PersuasionJane Austen8h 59m4.3 (921.5K)$0.60 · $0.00
The Ragged Trousered PhilanthropistsRobert Tressell19h 52m4.2 (18.5K)$1 · $0.00
Framley ParsonageAnthony Trollope22h 22m4.0 (5.1K)$2.30
Girl, 20Kingsley Amis7h 42m3.6 (1.5K)$17
The King’s PainterFranny Moyle17h 43m4.3 (1.1K)$25 · $0.00
My Weird School Special: Bunny Double, We're in Trouble!Dan Gutman1h 3m4.3 (875)$13 · $0.00
An Enemy of the People: A play in five acts (Annotated)Henrik Ibsen5h 37m4.1 (122.4K)$2 · $0.00
The Way They Lived ThenTaylor Prewitt7h 49m$2.30
Piccadilly: A Fragment of Contemporary BiographyLaurence Oliphant7h 56m$2 · $0.00
The Book of SnobsWilliam Makepeace Thackeray7h3.6 (857)$4.10 · $0.00