品牌：Trollope
基本信息
·出版社：Penguin Classics
·页码：240 页码
·出版日：1984年
·ISBN：0140432140
·条码：9780140432145
·装帧：平装
·英语：英语
内容简介
The first of Trollope’s Barsetshire novels,The Wardenconcerns the moral dilemma of the Reverend Septimus Harding, who finds himself at the centre of a bitter conflict between defenders of Church privilege and the reforming impulses of the mid-Victorian period. Appointed warden of an almshouse, he is given a comfortable salary from its founder’s will to oversee the institution and the small weekly incomes given to the men who live there. Mr. Harding’s disproportionate salary, however, becomes a source of concern for a local reformer who denounces the allocation of funds as a Church abuse.Interweaving the complexities of the Victorian world, the novel draws on ecclesiastical scandals, criticizes the power of the press, satirizes the law, and examines the growing influence of London on provincial life. Based on the most authoritative text published during Trollope’s life, that of 1878, the Broadview edition also includes appendices with material relating to the novel’s genesis, Trollope’s revisions, the sources of his literary parody, the historical background to the novel’s topical references, its reception by contemporary critics, and Trollope’s views on the Church of England.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
作者简介
Louis Auchinclosshas written more than fifty books, includingThe Rector of Justinand, most recently,Manhattan Monologues. He lives in New York City.
From the Trade Paperback edition.--This text refers to theHardcoveredition.
编辑推荐
From AudioFile
Hearing Nigel Hawthorne's reading of The Warden is like attending fine theater. In the opening scenes Septimus Harding's sinecure as warden of Barchester hospital's twelve bedesmen is being questioned by young reformer John BoldÐa situation complicated by Bold's love for the warden's daughter. Hawthorne's portrayals are so vivid that we see the interplay of charactersÐfrom the arrogant archdeacon, Dr. Grantly, and the London lawyer, Sir Abraham Haphazard, to the illiterate stonemason, Abel Handy. In this gentle satire Hawthorne transports us to the predicaments of a mid-nineteenth-century world. And when the curtain falls, we're relieved and delighted that the mild and honorable warden has prevailed. J.H.L. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
T.T. Bareham, editor of The Barsetshire Novels: A Casebook and Anthony Trollope
"...this edition has everything the student or the general reader could require. I recommend it unreservedly."--This text refers to thePaperbackedition.
Review
?Trollope will remain one of the most trustworthy . . . of the writers who have helped the heart of man to know itself.? ?Henry James--This text refers to thePaperbackedition.
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