Author(s): Anthony Trollope

Classic Fiction | Secondhand

Secondhand.

The Warden, published in 1855, is the first book in Anthony Trollope’s Chronicles of Barsetshire series of novels. It was his fourth novel. The book centres on Mr. Harding, a clergyman of great personal integrity who is nevertheless in possession of an income from a charity far in excess of the sum devoted to the purposes of the foundation. On discovering this, young John Bold turns his reforming zeal to exposing what he regards as an abuse of privilege, despite the fact that he is in love with Mr. Harding’s daughter Eleanor. It was a highly topical novel (a case regarding the misapplication of church funds was the scandalous subject of contemporary debate), but like other great Victorian novelists, Trollope uses the specific case to explore and illuminate the universal complexities of human motivation and social morality.

Introduction by Julian Symons.  Drawings by Peter Reddick.

Near fine hardcovers quarter bound in brown cloth with printed card sides.

Second copy also in near-fine condition with slipcase. Ex-libris plate to the FFEP.