Description:
In The Last Chronicle of Barset, Trollope concludes his saga of ecclesiastical life.
Josiah Crawley, a proud, impoverished clergyman, faces difficult legal circumstances. Caught amidst poverty, Josiah appears to have stolen a check and is forced to stand trial--despite the fact that he cannot remember its origins. To make matters worse, his daughter Grace desperately seeks the approval of Archdeacon Grantly, whose son she intends to marry.
The Last Chronicle of Barset is a joyful end to the Chronicles of Barsetshire. Trollope skillfully weaves together plot threads and characters from earlier novels in the series and provides a fond farewell tour of his cherished diocese.
Brief description:
Anthony Trollope (1815-1882) grew up in London. He inherited his mother's ambition to write and was famously disciplined in the development of his craft. His first novel was published in 1847 while he was working in Ireland as a surveyor for the General Post Office. He wrote a series of books set in the English countryside as well as those set in the political life, works that show great psychological penetration. One of his greatest strengths was his ability to re-create in his fiction his own vision of the social structures of Victorian England. The author of forty-seven novels, he was one of the most prolific and respected English novelists of the Victorian era.
Review Quotes:
"As if some giant had hewn a great lump out of the earth and put it under a glass case, with all its inhabitants going about their daily business."
-- "Nathaniel Hawthorne, American novelist, praise for the series"