کتاب Barchester Towers Original Barchester Towers Trollopes most popular novel is the second of the six Chronicles of Barsetshire The Chronicles follow the intrigues of ambition and love in the cathedral town of Barchester Trollope was of course interested in the Church that pillar of Victorian society  in its susceptibility to corruption hypocrisy and blinkered conservatism  but the Barsetshire novels are no more ecclesiastical than his Palliser novels are political It is the behavior of the individuals within a power structure that interests him In this novel Trollope continues the story of Mr Harding and his daughter Eleanor adding to his cast of characters that oily symbol of progress Mr Slope the henpecked Dr Proudie and the amiable and breezy Stanhope family The central questions of this moral comedy  Who will be warden Who will be dean Who will marry Eleanor  are skillfully handled with that subtlety of ironic observation that has won Trollope such a wide and appreciative readership  About the Series For over 100 years Oxford Worlds Classics has made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the globe Each affordable volume reflects Oxfords commitment to scholarship providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features including expert introductions by leading authorities voluminous notes to clarify the text uptodate bibliographies for further study and much more synopsis may belong to another edition of this title