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.
The Last Chronicle of Barset (Penguin Classics)
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Mr. Vance is a very good reader generally, and if only he could have rendered the female characters in a more natural tone of voice this would have been a fine and worthy reading.
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A clergyman, Mr. Harding, is accused of abusing of his privilege of receiving a high income for very little work, and that church funds are being misappropriated; both accusations made by a young reformer who also happens to be in love with the clergyman's daughter, and influences those who are directly under the clergyman's protection and benefiting from his generosity.
8.6M And Mr Camperdown is right!
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The warden of small Hiram's Hospital (almshouse) in Anthony Trollope's first Barchester novel, The Warden (1855), Mr. Harding sees to the food and lodging of twelve poor old men and gives them their daily allowance of one shilling and fourpence (to which he has added out of his own money twopence per day).
The Warden concerns Mr Septimus Harding, the meek, elderly warden of Hiram's Hospital and precentor of Barchester Cathedral, in the fictional county of Barsetshire. At this moment, Mr. Harding is so very right.Moments later, as the Attorney General is browbeating him, he is “still playing away on his fiddle with his hand behind his back.”Trollope notes that Mr. Harding is “not so anxious to prove himself right, as to be right.” Yet, that is something that Haphazard can’t understand. Indeed, he is most deeply himself, most deeply at peace, when he is playing his violoncello.Book review: “Goddess of Anarchy: The Life and Times of Lucy Parsons, American Radical” by Jacqueline JonesBook review: “A Girl Named Zippy: Growing Up Small in Mooreland, Indiana” by Haven Kimmel (2010 review)As readers, we have come to know — and love — him for this very human, very illogical, way of handling difficult moments.
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Sir Abraham listened and looked in wonder.
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The Warden (1855) is considered Trollope's masterpiece.