Chronicles of Barsetshire: Framley Parsonage: Introduction by Graham Handley (Hardcover)

from mbmackay

Book four in the Chronicles of Barsetshire, and back with the leisurely plot style after the Dickensian plot twist of DOCTOR THORNE. The first one to be written/published in serial format - and the "connectors" between episodes are often visible, but not a problem. Still has the author speaking d...

from pgchuis

The story of Mark Robarts, a vicar who guarantees the debt of a dishonest, unreliable "friend" and suffers for it, and of his sister Lucy, who falls for Lord Lufton, Mark's friend. There is a lot going on in this book: apart from Mark and his disastrous financial dealings and Lucy's love affair, ...

from atimco

It's been too long since my last dose of Anthony Trollope. In this fourth installment in the Barsetshire series, we meet a whole new set of characters headed by the formidable Lady Lufton. This lady, shrewd but unworldly, masterful but loving, is the linchpin of the novel and rules its events wit...

from mbmackay

Book four in the Chronicles of Barsetshire, and back with the leisurely plot style after the Dickensian plot twist of DOCTOR THORNE. The first one to be written/published in serial format - and the "connectors" between episodes are often visible, but not a problem. Still has the author speaking d...

from pmackey

Once again Anthony Trollope does not disappoint. I wanted to smack Mr. Roberts for being a chump, but had to remind myself that this was Trollope, so after all, everything would turn out all right in the end. Honestly, Trollope is a bit predictable, but I don't care because he consistently delive...