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The Last Chronicle of Barset (Penguin Classics)
by: Anthony Trollope

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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.8
EAN: 9780140437522
ISBN: 0140437525
Label: Penguin Classics
Manufacturer: Penguin Classics
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 928
Publication Date: October 29, 2002
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Sales Rank: 87869
Studio: Penguin Classics

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Anthony Trollope was a masterful satirist with an unerring eye for the most intrinsic details of human behavior and an imaginative grasp of the preoccupations of nineteenth-century English novels. In The Last Chronicle of Barset, Mr. Crawley, curate of Hogglestock, falls deeply into debt, bringing suffering to himself and his family. To make matters worse, he is accused of theft, can't remember where he got the counterfeit check he is alleged to have stolen, and must stand trial. Trollope's powerful portrait of this complex man-gloomy, brooding, and proud, moving relentlessly from one humiliation to another-achieves tragic dimensions.

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- What a wonderful read!
The best way to spend a winter's night? Curling up with Anthony Trollope in front of a woodstove- Heaven! And The Last Chronicle of Barset is wonderful- It's one of those books that you're actually thankful for its length. Amazing characters- wonderful details- and what's even better? there are 46 other Trollope novels left to devour- One per winter!

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- The Last Chronicle of Barset is the final and best of the excellent Barset Series of Novels
The Last Chronicle of Barset is the final, longest (862 pages) and best of the Barset novels of Anthony Trollope (1815-1882). The novels comprising the clerical series are: The Warden; Barchester Towers; Doctor Thorne; Framley Parsonage; The Small House at Allington and The Last Chronicle of Barset. This novel was written and published serially in 1866-1867. It is a massive three decker in the Victorian style. The prolific Trollope authored over 40 novels, short-stories and travel accounts in his storied career. The Last Chronicle of Barset has several characters and stories any one of which could have made a full fledged novel in itself! The main players are:
Josiah Crawley-The eccentric pastor of the poor Hogglestock bricklayer parish is accused of stealing a check for 20 pounds. Lawyer Mr. Toogood, the Grantleys and Lady Lufton seek to win him acquittal. We see this gloomy man put his wife Mary and daughters ... Read More

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- Why be stubborn?
Trollope ends his Barsetshire cycle of novels with the longest one of the series, but the one with the weakest plot and with a most unsatisfying resolution. But that's OK and it is usual with Trollope. He is not writing a mystery novel or a complex spy thriller. His plots may well be flat and uninteresting, but his characters gain all the more.

After all, real life seldom offers us complicated situations. Whether fortune smiles or frowns on us, we understand our lot pretty well, even if we often fail to act as we should. If our lives and situations are simple, we are not. Trollope offers us brilliantly recreated complex people from which even casual readers may draw insight into their own lives.

As usual, there are no white hats and black hats. The main character, Josiah Crawley, is an unimpeachable, principled man accused of theft. He could not have done it, but looks guilty. He stubbornly ... Read More

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- good read
This Penguin edition has terrific notes, it's bound well, and for such a huge book (over 800 pages) it's very easy to hold and read in bed. Very fast and enjoyable novel--my second favorite of Trollope's after Barchester Towers.

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