The Warden (Penguin Classics)

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Harding asks Dr Grantly what he thinks about it all. Dr Grantly warns Harding that John is a loose cannon and a troublemaker. Harding’s doing nothing wrong, and he must stand his ground or else risk his whole reputation. Dr Grantly’s confidence in him gives Harding the self-assurance to stand up to John. A man named John Hiram establishes a charitable hospital for the poor men of the nearby town of Barchester. Four hundred years later, the estate is making enough money that the warden of the hospital has a high salary. When a local man decides to uproot what he sees as corruption, a legal battle rages, with the result that many are hurt, and no one is helped. Roberts, Ruth (1971). Trollope: Artist and Moralist. London, U.K.: Chatto and Windus. ISBN 9780701117726. OCLC 906100774.

Trollope, Anthony (1876). Australia and New Zealand. London: Chapman and Hall. pp.145–153. hdl: 2027/mdp.39015010728460.The tranquil atmosphere of the cathedral town of Barchester is shattered when a scandal breaks concerning the financial affairs of a Church-run almshouse for elderly men. In the ensuing furore, Septimus Harding, the almshouse's well-meaning warden, finds himself pitted against his daughter's suitor Dr John Bold, a zealous local reformer. Matters are not improved when Harding's abrasive son-in law, Archdeacon Grantly, leaps into the fray to defend him against a campaign Bold begins in the national press. An affectionate and wittily satirical view of the workings of the Church of England, The Warden is also a subtle exploration of the rights and wrongs of moral crusades and, in its account of Harding's intensely felt personal drama, a moving depiction of the private impact of public affairs. Trollope's literary reputation dipped during the last years of his life, [4] but he regained somewhat of a following by the mid-20th century. Although Trollope had been happy and comfortable in Ireland, he felt that as an author, he should live within easy reach of London. In 1859, he sought and obtained a position in the Post Office as Surveyor to the Eastern District, comprising Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, Huntingdonshire, and most of Hertfordshire. [34] a b Wright, Andrew (1983). Anthony Trollope: Dream and Art. London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 978-1-349-06626-1. Trollope and the Matter of Ireland," Anthony Trollope, ed. Tony Bareham, London: Vision Press 1980, pp. 24–25

The Warden is a Victorian novel by Anthony Trollope. First published in 1855, it’s the first novel in the Chronicles of Barsetshire series, and it features a clergyman debating what to do with a huge sum of money he’s received. The book is widely regarded as one of the most popular books from the Victorian era, although it’s much shorter than most Victorian novels. Trollope was one of the most respected Victorian novelists. His books all comment on political, gender, and social issues, and the problems with Victorian morality. The Chronicles of Barsetshire novels are among his best-known works. Anthony Trollope's The Warden is the first of his well-loved Chronicles of Barsetshire, edited with an introduction and notes by Robin Gilmour in Penguin Classics. His father, eminent novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne, saw it differently: "Have you ever read the novels of Anthony Trollope?" He asked his publisher, James T. Fields, in February 1860; "They precisely suit my taste; solid, substantial, written on strength of beef and through inspiration of ale, and just as real 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, and not suspecting that they were made a show of." — Heddendorf, David (2013). "Anthony Trollope's Scarlet Letter," Sewanee Review, Vol. 121, No. 3, p. 368.Literary Gossip". The Week: A Canadian Journal of Politics, Literature, Science and Arts. 1. 1: 13. 6 December 1883.

Chapter 12. Bold visits the archdeacon to inform him of his intention to abandon the case. Dr Grantly receives the news with lofty disdain and insults Bold, refusing to believe that he is acting in good faith. BBC Radio 4 released another radio adaptation titled The Barchester Chronicles in 2014. [47] This programme was created by Michael Symmons Roberts, and also covered all six Barsetshire novels. [48] Inspired works [ edit ] Born in London, Anthony attended Harrow School as a free day pupil for three years from the age of seven because his father's farm, [b] acquired for that reason, lay in that neighbourhood. After a spell at a private school at Sunbury, he followed his father and two older brothers to Winchester College, where he remained for three years. He returned to Harrow as a day-boy to reduce the cost of his education. Trollope had some very miserable experiences at these two public schools. They ranked as two of the élite schools in England, but Trollope had no money and no friends, and was bullied a great deal. At the age of 12 he fantasised about suicide. He also daydreamed, constructing elaborate imaginary worlds.

The reader therefore is left with no uplifting conclusion to the novel – except that Reverend Harding has acted according to his conscience and paid the material price of doing so. This plot construction is admirably restrained, and the best feature of the novel. Sullivan, Ceri (2013). Literature in the Public Service: Sublime Bureaucracy, Palgrave Macmillan, Ch. 3, pp. 65–99. The series has been subject to criticism regarding its plot development. The Saturday Review (1861) wrote that "[T]he plot of Framley Parsonage is really extremely poor", [30] going so far as to say "Mr Trollope is not naturally a good constructor of plots". [30] Similarly, critic Walter Allen claimed that Trollope has "little skill in plot construction", [35] while Stephen Wall suggested the outcome of The Small House at Allington "is visible early on". [36]