The Warden
The first of Trollope's popular Barsetshire novels, set in the fictional cathedral town of Barchester, The Warden centers on the honorable cleric Septimus Harding, one of Trollope's most memorable characters. When Harding is accused of mismanaging church funds, his predicament lays bare the complexities of the Victorian world and of nineteenth-century provincial life. And, as Louis Auchincloss observes in his Introduction, The theme of The Warden presents the kind of social problem that always fascinated Trollope: the inevitable clash of ancient privilege with modern social awareness. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the l…
Mehr
CHF 11.90
Preise inkl. MwSt. und Versandkosten (Portofrei ab CHF 40.00)
V112:
Lieferbar in ca. 10-20 Arbeitstagen
Produktdetails
Weitere Autoren: Gilmour, Robin (Hrsg.) / Gilmour, Robin (Einf.) / Gilmour, Robin (Anmerk.)
- ISBN: 978-0-14-043214-5
- EAN: 9780140432145
- Produktnummer: 9556984
- Verlag: Penguin Books
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 1984
- Seitenangabe: 256 S.
- Masse: H19.9 cm x B12.8 cm x D1.5 cm 194 g
- Gewicht: 194
Über den Autor
Anthony Trollope (1815 - 1882) had a successful carrer in the Post Office, alongisde which he wrote. His first novel was published in 1847, and he went on to write over forty novels as well as short stories. The Barsetshire Chronicles are by many regarded as his masterpieces.Robin Gilmour was Reader in English as the University of Aberdeen, and author of The Novel in the Victorian Age and The Victorian Age: The INtellectual and Cultural Context of English Literature 1830-1890. He died in 1999.
100 weitere Werke von Anthony Trollope:
Bewertungen
Anmelden