COMPLETE Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope - Maryann

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Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope (1815 - 1882).


This project is now complete. All audio files can be found on our catalog page: https://librivox.org/barchester-towers-2-by-anthony-trollope/



Barchester Towers, published in 1857, is the 2nd novel in Anthony Trollope's series known as the "Chronicles of Barsetshire". It follows on from The Warden, set some years later, with some of the same characters. Among other things it satirises the then raging antipathy in the Church of England between High Church and Evangelical adherents. Trollope began writing this book in 1855. He wrote constantly, and made himself a writing-desk so he could continue writing while travelling by train. "Pray know that when a man begins writing a book he never gives over," he wrote in a letter during this period. "The evil with which he is beset is as inveterate as drinking – as exciting as gambling." And, years later in his autobiography, he observed "In the writing of Barchester Towers I took great delight. The bishop and Mrs. Proudie were very real to me, as were also the troubles of the archdeacon and the loves of Mr. Slope." But when he submitted his finished work, his publisher, William Longman, initially turned it down, finding much of it to be full of "vulgarity and exaggeration".[1] More recent critics offer a more sanguine opinion. "Barchester Towers is many readers' favourite Trollope", wrote The Guardian, which included it in its list of "1000 novels everyone must read".[2]Barchester Towers concerns the leading clergy of the cathedral city of Barchester. The much loved bishop having died, all expectations are that his son, Archdeacon Grantly, will succeed him. Instead, owing to the passage of the power of patronage to a new Prime Minister, a newcomer, the far more Evangelical Bishop Proudie, gains the see. His wife, Mrs Proudie, exercises an undue influence over the new bishop, making herself as well as the bishop unpopular with most of the clergy of the diocese. Her interference to veto the reappointment of the universally popular Mr Septimus Harding (protagonist of Trollope's earlier novel, The Warden) as warden of Hiram's Hospital is not well received, even though she gives the position to a needy clergyman, Mr Quiverful, with 14 children to support. Now listen on... ( Wikipedia)
  1. Text source (only read from this text!): http://archive.org/stream/barch10/barch10.txt
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Post by MaryAnnSpiegel »

Great Nick. I am happy to MC this. I'll get it set up when I get home tonight.

Arlene as the DPL, right?

The story continues!

MaryAnn
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Post by NKWhitley »

Thanks very much.

Yes, Arlene has agreed to PL.

Nick
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Post by MaryAnnSpiegel »

OK, we'll wait for her to check in and then move to going solo.
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Post by NKWhitley »

Hi Maryann,

I think the keywords could be :oxford movement, barchester chronicles, satire, nineteenth century novel, nineteenth century anglicanism

Regards

Nick
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Post by MaryAnnSpiegel »

Thanks Nick.
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Post by ArleneJoyce »

Checking in! I'm delighted that Nick wants me to continue to PL.
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Post by NKWhitley »

That's great.

I am having a few problems with accessing the internet at the moment - I have borrowed my wife's computer to access my e-mails tonight, but it is not that convenient, so I may miss notifications. I think it is a router problem, with the WiFi disabled but cable connection working, but I am not very technologically minded. I will just carry on editing and recording off-line, without uploading, until I can get the problem sorted.

With best wishes

Nick
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Post by ArleneJoyce »

You've probably already done this already, but just in case....

Turn it off and back on. If it has a battery, you'll need to pull the battery so that it gets a complete power recycle.
Arlene
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Post by NKWhitley »

Thanks for the suggestion - I hadn't tried that. Unfortunately it doesn't seem to have done anything.

:cry: :cry:
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Post by NKWhitley »

But miracle of miracles, having left it alone after turning it off and then on, it has now come back :clap:
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Post by NKWhitley »

We are underway!

Chapter I hads been uploaded.

I hope you enjoy it.

https://librivox.org/uploads/maryannspiegel/barchestertowers_01_trollope_128kb.mp3

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Post by ArleneJoyce »

A wonderful rainy-day treat! Chapter 1 is PL OK.
Arlene
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Post by NKWhitley »

Hi

Here is Chapter II.

https://librivox.org/uploads/maryannspiegel/barchestertowers_02_trollope_128kb.mp3

19:20.5

Have a good weekend.

Regards

Nick
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Post by ArleneJoyce »

Chapter 2 is PL OK.

I did have a good weekend. We had a "Deck the Halls" celebration at my parents' house and enjoyed all the family traditions.

Hope yours was good as well.
Arlene
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