The Warden is the first of the six classic Chronicles of Barsetshire novels, Trollope's best-loved and most famous work.
Anthony Trollope's classic novel centers on Mr. Harding, a clergyman of great personal integrity, whose charitable income far exceeds the purpose for which it was intended. On discovering this, young John Bold turns his reforming zeal toward exposing what he regards as an abuse of privilege, despite the fact that he is in love with Mr. Harding's daughter, Eleanor.
Though the bishop and archdeacon stand behind him, the honest Reverend Harding is caught in a moral dilemma, questioning whether he truly deserves the money or should resign.
Set in the world of the Victorian professional and landed classes that Trollope portrayed so superbly, The Warden explores the complexities of human motivation and social morality.
About the Author :
Anthony Trollope (1815-1882), the author of forty-seven novels, was one of the most prolific and respected English novelists of the Victorian era. He is best known for his series of books set in the English countryside as well as those set in the political life, works that show great psychological penetration.
Simon Vance is an award-winning actor and an AudioFile Golden Voice with over fifty Earphones Awards and thirteen prestigious Audie Awards. He was named Booklist's very first Voice of Choice in 2008 and an AudioFile Best Voice of 2009.
Review :
"A clever, spirited, sketchy story...and smartly told."
-- "Athenaeum, 1855"
"Keen observation of public affairs, a pungent closeness of style, and great cleverness in the author, are the distinguishing features of The Warden."
-- "Spectator, 1855 "
"The incomparable Simon Vance parses Anthony Trollope's famously circumlocutory, phrase-filled style with aplomb...His ability to create character-revealing accents, from the illiterate grumble of a local farmer to the nasal bray of a highborn clergyman, makes the nineteenth century come alive...Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award."
-- "AudioFile"
"There is considerable talent displayed in this volume."
-- "Electric Review, 1855"
