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Barchester Towers, published in 1857, is the sequel to Trollope¿s The Warden and continues the story of the clerical doings in the fictional cathedral town of Barchester.As this novel opens, the old Bishop of Barchester lies dying, and there is considerable doubt as to who will replace him. The Bishop¿s son Dr. Grantly, the Archdeacon, has high hopes of succeeding him, but these hopes are dashed and a new Bishop, Dr. Proudie, is appointed. Along with Dr. Proudie comes his domineering wife and their ambitious chaplain the Reverend Mr. Slope.The old clerical party headed by Dr. Grantly and the new, championed by Mrs. Proudie and Mr. Slope, are soon in contention over Church matters. These two parties represent a then-significant struggle between different evangelical approaches in the Church of England. One local issue in particular is fought over¿the appointment of a new Warden for Hiram¿s Hospital, the focus of the preceding book.Mrs. Eleanor Bold is the daughter of Mr. Harding, the prior Warden. She has recently been widowed. The wealth she inherited from her late husband makes her an attractive match, and her affections are in contention from several prospective suitors, including the oily Mr. Slope. All of this lends itself to considerable humor and interest.Though not well received by critics on its initial publication, Barchester Towers is now regarded as one of Trollope¿s most popular novels. Together with The Warden, it was made into a very successful television series by the BBC in 1982.

High politics are not always centrally in view in Anthony Trollope¿s Palliser novels, but parliamentary life comes to the fore throughout Phineas Finn, the second in the series.The hero of the tale is the young son of an Irish country doctor, now attaining manhood and striking out in life. Although training for the Bar, he feels the lure of Parliament and manages to secure a seat. Blessed with good fortune, ¿comely inside and out,¿ and pleasant company to both women and men, he begins to climb the ladder. Along with his undoubted triumphs there come also palpable failures¿social as well as political. Leaving behind a sweetheart in Ireland, he encounters women of high status and fashion in London who place their own claims on his heart.While Phineas is clearly the hero of the novel bearing his name, the lives of a number of remarkable women become intertwined with his own, each of whom he loves, after a fashion. The portrait of Lady Laura Standish¿who serves as his political muse as well¿is especially poignantly drawn, while Violet Effingham and the somewhat mysterious Madame Max Goesler each have an individuated strength and depth of character. Each, too, mirrors in different ways the dilemma faced by Phineas in his political career: whether it is better to be subservient and ¿succeed,¿ or maintain independence and risk being an outcast.The writing of Phineas Finn coincided with Trollope¿s own political awakening and aspirations. While working on this novel, he was also composing a memoir of Lord Palmerston, the Prime Minister who had died in office only a couple years previously. (The memoir remained unpublished until 1882.) By this point in his mid fifties, Trollope made his own attempt to secure a seat as a member of Parliament in 1868, failed, and was scarred by the experience. The literary critic Michael Sadleir characterized Trollope¿s parliamentary fiction as showing a ¿preoccupation with political society [but] indifference to political theory,¿ perhaps unfairly. Especially in the character of Mr. Monk, Phineas¿s chief political mentor, much wisdom for parliamentary life is imparted.Trollope¿s political failure does not yet cast a shadow on the optimism which pervades Phineas Finn. The novelist¿s own views would ripen along with those of his characters as the series took shape. Still, in his autobiography Trollope was able to declare, ¿Phineas Finn, I certainly think, was successful from first to last.¿

We rely on your support to help us keep producing beautiful, free, and unrestricted editions of literature for the digital age.Will you support our efforts with a donation?Harry Heathcote is a young immigrant ¿squatter,¿ farming thousands of acres in Queensland, Australia. His strong personality wins the loyalty of friends and family. But that same imperious nature makes him enemies, too, who would like nothing more than to see him ruined. As Christmas approaches, the conditions for his ruin arise naturally in the intense, scorching heat of a southern hemisphere summer. His enemies, however, spot an opportunity to give nature a helping hand. Their sharp conflict contrasts with a muted romantic subplot¿but even here, Heathcote¿s tone and temper complicate the path of true love.An invitation to produce a ¿Christmas story¿ came while Anthony Trollope was writing The Way We Live Now. Harry Heathcote was the result, fulfilling the brief, but without the ¿humbug¿ that Trollope believed marred too much writing in that genre.Harry Heathcote is one of Trollope¿s shorter novels, but still displays his sharp psychological insight into his leading characters, and his capacity to produce natural dialog. It also draws on his first-hand knowledge of his son¿s experience of farming in Australia, observed during Trollope¿s extended tour of the Antipodes in 1871.

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" Notre siècle est sans contredit un siècle humain ¿ du moins si nous considérons l¿Angleterre. Un homme qui bat sa femme nous est odieux ; la pendaison nous répugne assez généralement, et certains d¿entre mous repoussent même l¿idée d¿ôter la vie pour quelque cause que ce soit. Nous faisons nos opérations à l¿aide du chloroforme, et l¿on a été jusqüà dire que les maîtres d¿école qui s¿obstinent à suivre les doctrines du roi Salomon, en fait de châtiments, devraient faire leurs opérations, eux aussi, avec des précautions. Si l¿humiliation est absolument nécessaire, qüon l¿inflige, mais non pas la douleur physique."

" Mistress Amadroz, femme de Bernard Amadroz de Belton et mère de Charles et de Clara, mourut quand ses enfants avaient huit et six ans, leur faisant ainsi éprouver le plus grand malheur qui puisse atteindre des enfants nés dans une telle position sociale. Ce malheur fut encore aggravé par le caractère du père. M. Amadroz n¿était pourtant pas un méchant homme, ni même ce qüon appelle un homme vicieux ; mais il était paresseux, insouciant, et, à l¿âge de soixante-sept ans, âge auquel le lecteur fait sa connaissance, il n¿avait encore fait aucun bien en ce monde. Il avait fait un grand mal, car son fils Charles s¿était suicidé, et cet affreux événement avait été amené en partie par l¿incurie du père."

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