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)
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The Last Chronicle of Barset (version 2):
L. Lady Lufton's Proposition ,
LI. Mrs Dobbs Broughton Piles her Fagots ,
LII. Why Don't You have an It for Yourself? ,
LIII. Rotten Row ,
LIV. The Clerical Commission ,
LIX. A Lady Presents Her Compliments to Miss L.D. ,
LV. Framley Parsonage ,
LVI. The Archdeacon Goes to Framley ,
LVII. A Double Pledge ,
LVIII. The Cross-Grainedness of Men ,
LX. The End of Jael and Sisera ,
LXI. 'It's Dogged as Does it' ,
LXII. Mr Crawley's Letter to the Dean ,
LXIII. Two Visitors to Hogglestock ,
LXIV. Tragedy at Hook Court ,
LXIX. Mr Crawley's Last Appearance at his own Pulpit ,
LXV. Miss Van Siever Makes her Choice ,
LXVI. Requiescat in Pace ,
LXVII. In Memoriam ,
LXVIII. The Obstinacy of Mr Crawley ,
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 ,
XLIX. Near the Close ,
XLVIII. The Softness of Sir Raffle Buffle