Anthony Trollope's Barchester Towers
By: an introduction by Angela Thirkell ; illustrated by Fritz Kredel
Publisher: Heritage Press
Published: 1958
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 563
Subjects: Barsetshire (England : Imaginary place); Fiction; Clergy
Work titles: Barchester Towers
Description: 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 Mr. Harding and his daughter Eleanor, begun in The Warden, adding to his cast of characters that oily symbol of "progress" Mr. Slope, the hen-pecked Dr. Proudie, and the amiable and breezy Stanhope family. Love, mammon, clerical in-fighting, and promotion again figure prominently and comically, all centered on the magnificently imagined cathedral city of Barchester. The central questions of this moral comedy -- Who will be warden? Who will be dean? Who will marry Eleanor? -- are skilfully handled with the subtlety of ironic observation that has won Trollope such a wide and appreciative readership over the last 140 years. - http://www.goodreads.com/
Notes: Issued in a slipcase.

"The special contents of this edition are copyright 1958 by the George Macy Companies, Inc." -- title page verso.

Slipcase not present.
Table of contents: title: Chapter 1: Who will be the new bishop?; title: Chapter 2: Hiram's hospital according to act of parliament; title: Chapter 3: Dr. and Mrs. Proudie; title: Chapter 4: The bishop's chaplain; title: Chapter 5: A morning visit; title: Chapter 6: War; title: Chapter 7: The dean and chapter take counsel; title: Chapter 8: The ex-warden rejoices in his probable return to the hospital; title: Chapter 9: The Stanhope family; title: Chapter 10: Mrs. Proudie''s reception - commenced; title: Chapter 11: Mrs. Proudie 's reception - concluded; title: Chapter 12: Slope versus Harding; title: Chapter 13: The rubbish cart; title: Chapter 14: The new campaign; title: Chapter 15: The widow's suitors; title: Chapter 16: Baby worship; title: Chapter 17: Who shall be cock of the walk?; title: Chapter 18: The widow's persecution; title: Chapter 19: Barchester by moonlight; title: Chapter 20: Mr. Arabin; title: Chapter 21: St. Ewold's parsonage; title: Chapter 22: The Thornes of Ullathorne; title: Chapter 23: Mr. Arabin reads himself in at St. Ewold's; title: ^; title: Chapter 24: Mr. Slope's manages matters very cleverly at Puddingdale; title: Chapter 25: Fourteen arguments in favour of Mr. Quiverful's claims; title: Chapter 26: Mrs. Proudie takes a fall; title: Chapter 27: a love scene Chapter 28: Mrs. Bold is entertained by Dr. and Mrs. Grantly at Plumstead; title: Chapter 29: A serious interview; title: Chapter 30: Another love scene; title: Chapter 31: The bishop's library; title: Chapter 32: A new candidate for ecclesiastical honours; title: Chapter 33: Mrs. Proudie Victrix; title: Chapter 34: Oxford; title: the master and tutor of Lazarus; title: Chapter 35: Miss Thorne's fete champetre; title: Chapter 36: Ullathorne sports: Act 1; title: Chapter 37: The signora Neroni, the countess de Courcy, and Mrs. Proudie meet each other at Ullathorne; title: Chapter 38: The bishop sits down to breakfast, and the dean dies; title: Chapter 39: The Lookalofts and the Greenacres; title: Chapter 40: Ullathorne sports: Act 2; title: Chapter 41: Mrs. Bold confides her sorrow to her friend Miss Stanhope; title: Chapter 42: Ullathorne sports: Act 3; title: Chapter 43: Mr. and Mrs. Quiverful are made happy. Mr. Slope encouraged by the press; title: Chapter 44: Mrs. Bold at home; title: - Chapter 45: The Stanhopes at home; title: Chapter 46: Mr. Slope's parting interview with the signora; title: Chapter 47: The dean elect; title: Chapter 48: Miss Thorne shows her talent for match-making; title: Chapter 49: The Beelzebub colt; title: Chapter 50: The archdeacon is satisfied with the state of affairs; title: Chapter 51: Mr. Slope bids farewell to the palace and its inhabitants; title: Chapter 52: The new dean takes possession of the deanery and the new warden of the hospital; title: Chapter 53: Conclusion.