The warden’s house is described beautifully, of the cathedral, of the house out in Plumstead. One of the things that make The Warden and Barchester Towers so enjoyable is the town itself. Further, Mr Harding is clearly an honourable man, and the men residing in the hospital happy, comfortable, and well-cared for.Īlso, there is something to be said for the beauty of the traditions supported by the charity and the physical beauty of the buildings thus created. The allies were seen more interested in sensation than on correcting wrongs. John Bold, being thoughtless and prone to rush in without examining his case first.

Trollope understands both sides and this is the part which makes The Warden so good.

And the two men give the reader an inside look at the situation. Trollope begins by narrowing the issue down to two people the reformer, John Bold and Mr Harding who is the holder of a well-paid position as warden of the local hospital for a select group of retired older men who cannot afford to care for themselves.Įnough background and outside commentary are given to show that the issue is pressing and nation-wide. The concern is that more is being paid to those appointed to charitable office at the church than the job warrants. Church reform the big issues of the time focused by Trollope especially the monetary reform. The Warden is thus a quiet novel and almost nostalgic for a modern reader. He needs to look into as it seems that Mr Harding gets around £800 a year for really doing very petite. It is this proceeds that have been hand down to John Bold, an ardent reformer. Also in the novel, no particular date is mentioned, but the picture of the Victorian period can be visualized as we read it.Ĭentres on Mr Harding, who is the preceptor of the cathedral and also the warden of the hospital of Hiram. The first in the series of the Chronicles of the Barchester Chronicles was ‘The Warden’.All the tales made around a fictional English Cathedral town is told in The Barchester Chronicles. The virtuous thing about the canon classic novel of Anthony Trollope’s ‘The Warden’ is that the author is passed on so that they can’t take fault and the book has legions of fans already. It was a highly contemporary novel, but like other great Victorian novelists, detailed case to explore and lighten the universal complexities of human enthusiasm and social principles are used by Trollope. When this was exposed, young John Bold turns his reforming zeal to uncover what he favours as an abuse of treat.Įven though he was in love with Eleanor Mr Harding’s daughter. Nevertheless in obsessed with an income from a charity far in excess of the sum dedicated to the purposes of the foundation. The Warden centres on Mr Harding who is a clergyman of countless personal honesty.

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