BARCHESTER TOWERS
by ANTHONY TROLLOPE
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
This is the first impression (1977) of the Folio Society's Barchester Towers, the second novel in the Chronicles of Barsetshire series by the great English writer Anthony Trollope (1815-1882). It is about the politics and romances surrounding the leading clergy of the cathedral city of Barchester. It is illustrated with woodcuts by the British artist Peter Reddick.
As with all Folio Society books, it is printed on lovely paper. Olive and gray boards, with a gold design on the spine, in a pale gray slipcase.
There's quite a lot of wear to the slipcase. The book is in mint condition.
NOTE: From the same Trollope series by the Folio Society, I also have Framley Parsonage, The Warden and The Small House at Allington. If you want to buy them as a set, please contact me.
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.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Louise Aird (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1646
- Title
- BARCHESTER TOWERS
- Author
- ANTHONY TROLLOPE
- Illustrator
- Peter Reddick
- Format/Binding
- Perfect, in slipcase
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Folio Society
- Place of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Date Published
- 1977
- Pages
- 462
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- British Society; British Fiction;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Louise Aird
Biblio member since 2019
West Vancouver, British Columbia
About Louise Aird
Private individual who has been collecting books for 40 years.
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