
THE CHRONICLES OF BARSETSHIRE (Complete Collection)
Enriched edition. The Warden, Barchester Towers, Doctor Thorne, Framley Parsonage, The Small House at Allington & The Last Chronicle of BarsetBy Anthony TrollopeLength141h 14m
About this audiobook
In "The Chronicles of Barsetshire," Anthony Trollope weaves a rich tapestry of life in the fictional English county of Barsetshire during the Victorian era. This complete collection, comprising six interlinked novels, intricately examines the social fabric of ecclesiastical and provincial life, revealing the complexities of human relationships, ambition, and morality. Trollope's signature narrative style, characterized by a keen observational wit and a subtle yet engaging prose, invites readers to become part of the detailed microcosm he has created, where characters range from pious clergymen to ambitious politicians, and every interaction is steeped in irony and insight into the societal norms of the time. Anthony Trollope, a prolific author of the Victorian period, drew upon both his personal experiences in various careers'—including as a postal worker and a civil servant'—and his deep understanding of human nature to craft this series. His familiarity with church politics and rural life, coupled with his desire to portray a realistic depiction of English society, inspired him to delve into themes of class, gender, and the interplay between personal desires and societal expectations in Barsetshire. Readers seeking a thoughtful exploration of Victorian society will find "The Chronicles of Barsetshire" an enlightening and enjoyable journey. Trollope's masterful storytelling and multidimensional characters provide not only an engaging narrative but also a poignant reflection on the transitions of societal values. This collection is a must-read for anyone interested in the foundations of English literature and the intricate dance between personal aspiration and community life.
In this enriched edition, we have carefully created added value for 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, Humor
Length141 hrs 14 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateNov 20, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
165Chapter XXXV.The Story of King Cophetua
2Introduction
166Chapter XXXVI.Kidnapping at Hogglestock
3Author Biography
167Chapter XXXVII.Mr Sowerby Without Company
4Historical Context
168Chapter XXXVIII.Is There Cause or Just Impediment?
5Synopsis (Selection)
169Chapter XXXIX. How to Write a Love Letter
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6The Warden
170Chapter XL. Internecine
7Chapter I Hiram’s Hospital
171Chapter XLI. Don Quixote
8Chapter II The Barchester Reformer
172Chapter XLII. Touching Pitch
9Chapter III The Bishop of Barchester
173Chapter XLIII. Is she Not Insignificant?
10Chapter IV Hiram’s Bedesmen
174Chapter XLIV. The Philistines at the Parsonage
11Chapter V Dr Grantly Visits the Hospital
175Chapter XLV. Palace Blessings
12Chapter VI The Warden’s Tea Party
176Chapter XLVI. Lady Lufton’s Request
13Chapter VII ‘The Jupiter’
177Chapter XLVII. Nemesis
14Chapter VIII Plumstead Episcopi
178Chapter XLVIII. How They Were All Married, had Two Children, and Lived Happy Ever After
15Chapter IX The Conference
179The Small House at Allington
16Chapter X Tribulation
180Chapter I. The Squire of Allington
17Chapter XI Iphigenia
181Chapter II. The Two Pearls of Allington
18Chapter XII Mr Bold’s Visit to Plumstead
182Chapter III. The Widow Dale of Allington
19Chapter XIII The Warden’s Decision
183Chapter IV. Mrs Roper’s Boarding-House
20Chapter XIV Mount Olympus
184Chapter V. About L. D.
21Chapter XV Tom Towers, Dr Anticant, and Mr Sentiment
185Chapter VI. Beautiful Days
22Chapter XVI A Long Day in London
186Chapter VII. The Beginning of Troubles
23Chapter XVII Sir Abraham Haphazard
187Chapter VIII. It Cannot Be
24Chapter XVIII The Warden is Very Obstinate
188Chapter IX. Mrs Dale’s Little Party
25Chapter XIX The Warden Resigns
189Chapter X. Mrs Lupex and Amelia Roper
26Chapter XX Farewell
190Chapter XI. Social Life
27Chapter XXI Conclusion
191Chapter XII. Lilian Dale Becomes a Butterfly
28Barchester Towers
192Chapter XIII. A Visit to Guestwick
29CHAPTER I Who Will Be the New Bishop?
193Chapter XIV. John Eames Takes a Walk
30CHAPTER II Hiram’s Hospital According to Act of Parliament
194Chapter XV. The Last Day
31CHAPTER III Dr. and Mrs. Proudie
195Chapter XVI. Mr Crosbie Meets an Old Clergyman on His Way to Courcy Castle
32CHAPTER IV The Bishop’s Chaplain
196Chapter XVII. Courcy Castle
33CHAPTER V A Morning Visit
197Chapter XVIII. Lily Dale’s First Love-Letter
34CHAPTER VI War
198Chapter XIX. The Squire Makes a Visit to the Small House
35CHAPTER VII The Dean and Chapter Take Counsel
199Chapter XX. Dr Crofts
36CHAPTER VIII The Ex-warden Rejoices in His Probable Return to the Hospital
200Chapter XXI. John Eames Encounters Two Adventures, and Displays Great Courage in Both
37CHAPTER IX The Stanhope Family
201Chapter XXII. Lord De Guest at Home
38CHAPTER X Mrs. Proudie’s Reception — Commenced
202Chapter XXIII. Mr Plantagenet Palliser
39CHAPTER XI Mrs. Proudie’s Reception — Concluded
203Chapter XXIV. A Mother-in-law And a Father-in-law
40CHAPTER XII Slope Versus Harding
204Chapter XXV. Adolphus Crosbie Spends an Evening at His Club
41CHAPTER XIII The Rubbish Cart
205Chapter XXVI. Lord De Courcy in the Bosom of His Family
42CHAPTER XIV The New Champion
206Chapter XXVII. “On My Honour, I Do Not Understand it”
43CHAPTER XV The Widow’s Suitors
207Chapter XXVIII. The Board
44CHAPTER XVI Baby Worship
208Chapter XXIX. John Eames Returns to Burton Crescent
45CHAPTER XVII Who Shall be Cock of the Walk?
209Chapter XXX. Is it from Him?
46CHAPTER XVIII The Widow’s Persecution
210Chapter XXXI. The Wounded Fawn
47CHAPTER XIX Barchester by Moonlight
211Chapter XXXII. Pawkins’s in Jermyn Street
48CHAPTER XX Mr. Arabin
212Chapter XXXIII. “The Time Will Come”
49CHAPTER XXI St. Ewold’s Parsonage
213Chapter XXXIV. The Combat
50CHAPTER XXII The Thornes of Ullathorne
214Chapter XXXV. Vae Victis
51CHAPTER XXIII Mr. Arabin Reads Himself in at St. Ewold’s
215Chapter XXXVI. See the Conquering Hero Comes
52CHAPTER XXIV Mr. Slope Manages Matters very Cleverly at Puddingdale
216Chapter XXXVII. An Old Man’s Complaint
53CHAPTER XXV Fourteen Arguments in Favour of Mr. Quiverful’s Claims
217Chapter XXXVIII. Doctor Crofts is Called in
54CHAPTER XXVI Mrs. Proudie Wrestles and Gets a Fall
218Chapter XXXIX. Doctor Crofts is Turned Out
55CHAPTER XXVII A Love Scene
219Chapter XL. Preparations for the Wedding
56CHAPTER XXVIII Mrs. Bold is Entertained by Dr. and Mrs. Grantly at Plumstead
220Chapter XLI. Domestic Troubles
57CHAPTER XXIX A Serious Interview
221Chapter XLII. Lily’s Bedside
58CHAPTER XXX Another Love Scene
222Chapter XLIII. Fie, Fie!
59CHAPTER XXXI The Bishop’s Library
223Chapter XLIV. Valentine’s Day at Allington
60CHAPTER XXXII A New Candidate for Ecclesiastical Honours
224Chapter XLV. Valentine’s Day in London
61CHAPTER XXXIII Mrs. Proudie Victrix
225Chapter XLVI. John Eames at His Office
62CHAPTER XXXIV Oxford — The Master and Tutor of Lazarus
226Chapter XLVII. The New Private Secretary
63CHAPTER XXXV Miss Thorne’s Fête Champêtre
227Chapter XLVIII. Nemesis
64CHAPTER XXXVI Ullathorne Sports — Act I
228Chapter XLIX. Preparations for Going
65CHAPTER XXXVII The Signora Neroni, the Countess De Courcy, and Mrs. Proudie Meet Each Other at Ullathorne
229Chapter L. Mrs Dale is Thankful for a Good Thing
66CHAPTER XXXVIII The Bishop Breakfasts, and the Dean Dies
230Chapter LI. John Eames Does Things which he Ought Not to have Done
67CHAPTER XXXIX The Lookalofts and the Greenacres
231Chapter LII. The First Visit to the Guestwick Bridge
68CHAPTER XL Ullathorne Sports — Act II
232Chapter LIII. Loquitur Hopkins
69CHAPTER XLI Mrs. Bold Confides Her Sorrow to Her Friend Miss Stanhope
233Chapter LIV. The Second Visit to the Guestwick Bridge
70CHAPTER XLII Ullathorne Sports — Act III
234Chapter LV. Not Very Fie Fie After All
71CHAPTER XLIII Mr. and Mrs. Quiverful Are Made Happy Mr. Slope is Encouraged by the Press
235Chapter LVI. Showing How Mr Crosbie Became Again a Happy Man
72CHAPTER XLIV Mrs. Bold at Home
236Chapter LVII. Lilian Dale Vanquishes Her Mother
73CHAPTER XLV The Stanhopes at Home
237Chapter LVIII. The Fate of the Small House
74CHAPTER XLVI Mr. Slope’s Parting Interview with the Signora
238Chapter LIX. John Eames Becomes a Man
75CHAPTER XLVII The Dean Elect
239Chapter LX. Conclusion
76CHAPTER XLVIII Miss Thorne Shows Her Talent at Match-Making
240The Last Chronicle of Barset
77CHAPTER XLIX The Beelzebub Colt
241Chapter I. How Did he Get it?
78CHAPTER L The Archdeacon is Satisfied with the State of Affairs
242Chapter II. By Heavens, he had Better Not!
79CHAPTER LI Mr. Slope Bids Farewell to the Palace and Its Inhabitants
243Chapter III. The Archdeacon’s Threat
80CHAPTER LII The New Dean Takes Possession of the Deanery, and the New Warden of the Hospital
244Chapter IV. The Clergyman’s House at Hogglestock
81CHAPTER LIII Conclusion
245Chapter V. What the World Thought of it
82Doctor Thorne
246Chapter VI. Grace Crawley
83Chapter I The Greshams of Greshamsbury
247Chapter VII. Miss Prettyman’s Private Room
84Chapter II Long, Long Ago
248Chapter VIII.Mr Crawley is Taken to Silverbridge
85Chapter III Dr Thorne
249Chapter IX.Grace Crawley Goes to Allington
86Chapter IV Lessons from Courcy Castle
250Chapter X.Dinner at Framley Court
87Chapter V Frank Gresham’s First Speech
251Chapter XI.The Bishop Sends His Inhibition
88Chapter VI Frank Gresham’s Early Loves
252Chapter XII. Mr Crawley Seeks for Sympathy
89Chapter VII The Doctor’s Garden
253Chapter XIII. The Bishop’s Angel
90Chapter VIII Matrimonial Prospects
254Chapter XIV. Major Grantly Consults a Friend
91Chapter IX Sir Roger Scatcherd
255Chapter XV. Up in London
92Chapter X Sir Roger’s Will
256Chapter XVI. Down at Allington
93Chapter XI The Doctor Drinks His Tea
257Chapter XVII. Mr Crawley is Summoned to Barchester
94Chapter XII When Greek Meets Greek, then Comes the Tug of War
258Chapter XVIII. The Bishop of Barchester is Crushed
95Chapter XIII The Two Uncles
259Chapter XIX. Where Did it Come from?
96Chapter XIV Sentence of Exile
260Chapter XX. What Mr Walker Thought About it
97Chapter XV Courcy
261Chapter XXI. Mr Robarts on His Embassy
98Chapter XVI Miss Dunstable
262Chapter XXII. Major Grantly at Home
99Chapter XVII The Election
263Chapter XXIII. Miss Lily Dale’s Resolution
100Chapter XVIII The Rivals
264Chapter XXIV. Mrs Dobbs Broughton’s Dinner-Party
101Chapter XIX The Duke of Omnium
265Chapter XXV. Miss Madeline Demolines
102Chapter XX The Proposal
266Chapter XXVI. The Picture
103Chapter XXI Mr Moffat Falls into Trouble
267Chapter XXVII. A Hero at Home
104Chapter XXII Sir Roger is Unseated
268Chapter XXVII. Showing How Major Grantly Took a Walk
105Chapter XXIII Retrospective
269Chapter XXIX. Miss Lily Dale’s Logic
106Chapter XXIV Louis Scatcherd
270Chapter XXX. Showing what Major Grantly Did After His Walk
107Chapter XXV Sir Roger Dies
271Chapter XXXI. Showing How Major Grantly Returned to Guestwick
108Chapter XXVI War
272Chapter XXXII. Mr Toogood
109Chapter XXVII Miss Thorne Goes on a Visit
273Chapter XXXIII. The Plumstead Foxes
110Chapter XXVIII The Doctor Hears Something to His Advantage
274Chapter XXXIV. Mrs Proudie Sends for Her Lawyer
111Chapter XXIX The Donkey Ride
275Chapter XXXV. Lily Dale Writes Two Words in Her Book
112Chapter XXX Post Prandial
276Chapter XXXVI. Grace Crawley Returns Home
113Chapter XXXI The Small Edge of the Wedge
277Chapter XXXVII. Hook Court
114Chapter XXXII Mr Oriel
278Chapter XXXVIII. Jael
115Chapter XXXIII A Morning Visit
279Chapter XXXIX. A New Flirtation
116Chapter XXXIV A Barouche and Four Arrives at Greshamsbury
280Chapter XL. Mr Toogood’s Ideas About Society
117Chapter XXXV Sir Louis Goes Out to Dinner
281Chapter XLI. Grace Crawley at Home
118Chapter XXXVI Will he Come Again?
282Chapter XLII. Mr Toogood Travels Professionally
119Chapter XXXVII Sir Louis Leaves Greshamsbury
283Chapter XLIII. Mr Crosbie Goes into the City
120Chapter XXXVIII De Courcy Precepts and De Courcy Practice
284Chapter XLIV. ‘I Suppose I Must Let You have it’
121Chapter XXXIX What the World Says About Blood
285Chapter XLV. Lily Dale Goes to London
122Chapter XL The Two Doctors Change Patients
286Chapter XLVI. The Bayswater Romance
123Chapter XLI Doctor Thorne Won’t Interfere
287Chapter XLVII. Dr Tempest at the Palace.
124Chapter XLII What Can You Give in Return?
288Chapter XLVIII. The Softness of Sir Raffle Buffle
125Chapter XLIII The Race of Scatcherd Becomes Extinct
289Chapter XLVIV. Near the Close
126Chapter XLIV Saturday Evening and Sunday Morning
290Chapter L. Lady Lufton’s Proposition
127Chapter XLV Law Business in London
291Chapter LI. Mrs Dobbs Broughton Piles Her Faggots
128Chapter XLVI Our Pet Fox Finds a Tail
292Chapter LII. Why Don’t You have an ‘It’ for Yourself?
129Chapter XLVII How the Bride was Received, and who Were Asked to the Wedding
293Chapter LIII. Rotten Row
130Framley Parsonage
294Chapter LIV. The Clerical Commission
131Chapter I. ‘Omnes Omnia Bona Dicere’
295Chapter LV. Framley Parsonage
132Chapter II. The Framley Set, and the Chaldicotes Set
296Chapter LVI. The Archdeacon Goes to Framley
133Chapter III. Chaldicotes
297Chapter LVII. A Double Pledge
134Chapter IV. A Matter of Conscience
298Chapter LVIII. The Cross-Grainedness of Men
135Chapter V. Amantium Irae Amoris Intergratio
299Chapter LIX. A Lady Presents Her Compliments to Miss L.d.
136Chapter VI. Mr Harold Smith’s Lecture
300Chapter LX. The End of Jael and Sisera
137Chapter VII. Sunday Morning
301Chapter LXI. ‘It’s Dogged as Does it’
138Chapter VIII. Gatherum Castle
302Chapter LXII. Mr Crawley’s Letter to the Dean
139Chapter IX. The Vicar’s Return
303Chapter LXIII. Two Visitors to Hogglestock
140Chapter X. Lucy Robarts
304Chapter LXIV. Tragedy at Hook Court
141Chapter XI. Griselda Grantly
305Chapter LXV. Miss Van Siever Makes Her Choice
142Chapter XII. The Little Bill
306Chapter LXVI. Requiescat in Pace
143Chapter XIII. Delicate Hints
307Chapter LXIVII. In Memoriam
144Chapter XIV. Mr Crawley of Hogglestock
308Chapter LXVIII. The Obstinacy of Mr Crawley
145Chapter XV. Lady Lufton’s Ambassador
309Chapter LXIX. Mr Crawley’s Last Appearance in His Own Pulpit
146Chapter XVI. Mrs Podgens’ Baby
310Chapter LXX. Mrs Arabin is Caught
147Chapter XVII. Mrs Proudie’s Conversazione
311Chapter LXXI. Mr Toogood at Silverbridge
148Chapter XVIII.The New Minister’s Patronage
312Chapter LXXII. Mr Toogood at ‘The Dragon of Wantly’
149Chapter XIX. Money Dealings
313Chapter LXXIII. There is Comfort at Plumstead
150Chapter XX. Harold Smith in Cabinet
314Chapter LXXIV. The Crawleys are Informed
151Chapter XXI. Why Puck, the Pony, was Beaten
315Chapter LXXV. Madalina’s Heart is Bleeding
152Chapter XXII. Hogglestock Parsonage
316Chapter LXXVI. I Think he is Light of Heart
153Chapter XXIII. The Triumph of the Giants
317Chapter LXXVII. The Shattered Tree
154Chapter XXIV. Magna Est Veritas
318Chapter LXXVIII. The Arabins Return to Barchester
155Chapter XXV. Non-Impulsive
319Chapter LXXIX. Mr Crawley Speaks of His Coat
156Chapter XXVI. Impulsive
320Chapter LXXX. Miss Demolines Desires to Be a Finger-Post
157Chapter XXVII. South Audley Street
321Chapter LXXXI. Chapter LXXXI Barchester Cloisters
158Chapter XXVIII. Dr Thorne
322Chapter LXXXII. The Last Scene at Hogglestock
159Chapter XXIX. Miss Dunstable at Home
323Chapter LXXXIII. Mr Crawley is Conquered
160Chapter XXX. The Grantly Triumph
324Chapter LXXXIV. Conclusion
161Chapter XXXI. Salmon Fishing in Norway
325Analysis
162Chapter XXXII. The Goat and Compasses
326Reflection
163Chapter XXXIII. Consolation
327Memorable Quotes
164Chapter XXXIV. Lady Lufton is Taken by Surprise