by Anthony Trollope · Penguin Classics · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780140620313
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«The Warden» is the novel by Anthony Trollope, published by Penguin Classics in paperback (202 pages, in English).
First instalment of the Chronicles of Barsetshire, this Victorian novel shows how a scandal over the financial management of an ecclesiastical almshouse disrupts life in the cathedral city of Barchester. Septimus Harding, the kindly warden, finds himself caught between the attacks of the reformer John Bold and the defence of his son-in-law, Archdeacon Grantly, as he weighs his conscience against public pressure and the press.
Originally published in 1855, it opens the literary series «Chronicles of Barsetshire».
Suitable for readers interested in Victorian fiction, satirical humour and English classics in their original edition.
Anthony Trollope was an English novelist and civil servant of the Victorian era. Among the best-known of his 47 novels are two series of six novels each collectively known as the Chronicles of Barsetshire and the Palliser novels, as well as The Way We Live Now. His novels address political, social, and gender issues and other topical matters. He also wrote an autobiography, a book on William Makepeace Thackeray, a book on Lord Palmerston, five travel books, and 42 short stories.
