Barchester Towers
Anthony Trollope
Literary Fiction
Barchester Towers
by Anthony Trollope
—· 502 p· 1815
20th Century ClassicLiterary Canonfunnylighthearted
Overview
About
The Chronicles of Barsetshire, Book 2: Barchester Towers
Written as a sequel to "The Warden", this is the second book of the Barsetshire novels. Described as humorous, this wonderful novel that interweaves power, love, greed, and deceit in Barchester.
Barchester Towers (1857) is the second of the six Chronicles of Barsetshire, the work in which, after a ten-year apprenticeship, Trollope finally found his distinctive voice. In this his most popular novel, the chronicler continues the story of M…
Part of a series
Chronicles of Barsetshire
Vol. II · 1 of 6 volumes
VOL 1
1
I
The Warden
VOL 3
3
III
Doctor Thorne
VOL 4
4
IV
Framley Parsonage
VOL 5
5
V
The Small House at Allington
VOL 6
6
VI
The Last Chronicle of Barset
5 more volumes
Pages
502
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Linguistic complexity
4/5
Complex
Thematic complexity
4/5
Rich
Rating
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Reader feel
Narration9
Satirical Social Comedy9
Ecclesiastical Politics9
Worldbuilding8
Prose8
Emotional depth7
Pacing7
Plot twists6
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