![]() 'All Hogglestock believed their parson to be innocent but then all Hogglestock believed him to be mad.' Includes Trollope's general introduction to the Chronicles of Barsetshire, Trollope's map of Barsetshire, and an invaluable Appendix on the Barsetshire novels and the Church.Includes helpful notes, a Biographical Preface and Chronology and an up-to-date bibliography.The introduction considers the novel's multifarious forms, comic, tragic, psychological and moral, and Trollope's skill in portraying relationships and a society with perspicuity and tolerance.The subtle portrayal of the novel's central character, the fanatically proud curate Josiah Crawley, reaches tragic proportions, and the threads of multiple sub-plots are brought together in a deeply satisfying and moving finale.Panoramic in scale, it is a fitting conclusion to the series, and a masterpiece of plotting and characterization. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |