description: BBC Radio Presents' classic dramatization of Trollope's gently satirical moral tales of provincial life--contains two novels from Trollope's famous Barchester series.Dr.ThorneAn ironic but affectionate drama of wealth and wedlock starring John Wood, Leo McKern, Amanda Root and Eleanor Bron. Dr. Thorne, one of Trollope's most popular novels, is the story of the apparently penniless social outcast Mary Thorne and Frank Gresham whose lot it becomes to save his landed family's ailing fortunes by making a 'good marriage'. But his lack of hypocrisy and his love for Mary suggests a different outcome which can only be realized with the revelation of a secret known only to the good Dr. Thorne himself.Framely ParsonageThis classic novel captures the essence of Victorian England--where property, status, family and convention were paramount. Mark Robarts is a naive and ambitious young clergyman whose unwise association with spendthrift Sowerby and the dissolute Duke of Omnium brings him almost to the brink of ruin. Trollope's compassionately moral comedy features some of the most familiar characters of the series and stars David Haig, Anna Massey, Rosemary Leach and Kenneth Cranham.
language: English
title: Dr. Thorne and Framley Parsonage: Barchester Chronicles, Volume 1
titlecomplete: Dr. Thorne and Framley Parsonage: Barchester Chronicles, Volume 1 (BBC)
ratings_count: 44
publisher: Random House Audio