Barchester Towers
by Trollope, Anthony
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good /No Jacket
- Seller
-
Bridlington, East Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: The Bodley Head. 12mo, 737 pages, not illustrated. Front cover stained and ink scribble on rear end paper. . Good. Original Green Cloth. Reprint.. 1945.
Synopsis
Barchester Towers, published in 1857, is the second novel in Anthony Trollope's series known as the "Chronicles of Barsetshire". It is possibly Trollope's best known work.
Reviews
On Jun 8 2018, The Old Library Bookshop said:
It may be a peculiar taste for this day and age, but I love a good, long Trollope novel. To romp in the cathedral town of Barchester is to enter a world in partnership with the man who created it, as Trollope pauses every so often to describe why the story is proceeding in such or such a direction and to expound on the difficulties of novel-writing. This novel is a continuation of his first Barchester story, "The Warden," and good Dr. Hardy, though no longer the main character, still offers his quiet wisdom to ensure that all ends well. His darling daughter, the widow Eleanor Bold, is the juicy plum sought after by three of the story's male leads: the evil Mr. Slope, the rather amoral Bertie Stanhope, and, of course, the hero, Mr. Arabin. The other villain in the story, the bishop's wife, is the best argument for Roman Catholic priestly celibacy that I've ever encountered. The reader becomes so immersed in this Victorian ecclesiastical milieu that he or she can even overlook sentiments like "He had that nice appreciation of the feelings of others which belongs of right exclusively to women." As one begins to talk to oneself in the speech patterns of the upper-class Victorian English, it is time for the 563 pages of the novel to come to an end. It is nice to know, however, that there is a vast supply of Trollope novels to turn to whenever a respite from the stress of living in the 21st century is required.
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Philip Emery (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004442
- Title
- Barchester Towers
- Author
- Trollope, Anthony
- Format/Binding
- Original Green Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Bodley Head
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1945
- Keywords
- ANTHONY TROLLOPE, FICTION
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction/Classics;
Terms of Sale
Philip Emery
All orders are processed within one working day. Returns maybe made within 28 days for a refund for any reason.
About the Seller
Philip Emery
Biblio member since 2004
Bridlington, East Yorkshire
About Philip Emery
Large general stock - also booksearch service
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.