The Last Chronicle of Barset (version 2)
by Anthony TROLLOPE (1815 - 1882)
LibriVox reader Nicholas Clifford calls this Trollope's best novel in his introduction to the collaborative version of this fine novel - and he is right! A wonderful study of its central character, the proud, irascible, tormented, poverty-stricken clergyman, Josiah Crawley, who pays a heavy price for his human failings when he is brought to trial for the alleged theft of a cheque for twenty pounds. The trial is the source of much grief for his long-suffering family, not least his wife Mary and daughter Grace (the novel's romantic heroine), whilst the Reverend Crawley reminds us more and more of a mad King Lear on the heath. (Summary by Steve Gough)
Listen next episodes of
The Last Chronicle of Barset (version 2):
LXIX. Mr Crawley's Last Appearance at his own Pulpit ,
LXX. Mrs Arabin is Caught ,
LXXI. Mr Toogood at Silverbridge ,
LXXII. Mr Toogood at 'The Dragon of Wantly' ,
LXXIII. There is Comfort at Plumstead ,
LXXIV. The Crawleys are Informed ,
LXXIX. Mr Crawley Speaks of his Coat ,
LXXV. Madalina's Heart is Bleeding ,
LXXVI. I Think He is Light of Heart ,
LXXVII. The Shattered Tree ,
LXXVIII. The Arabins Return to Barchester ,
LXXX. Miss Demolines Desires to Become a Fingerpost ,
LXXXI. Barchester Cloisters ,
LXXXII. The Last Scene at Hogglestock ,
LXXXIII. Mr Crawley is Conquered ,
LXXXIV. Conclusion