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Barchester Towers

By: Anthony Trollope
Narrated by: Stephen Thorne
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Summary

Barchester Towers, Trollope's most popular novel, is the second of the six Chronicles of Barsetshire. Trollope continues the story, begun in The Warden, of Mr Harding and his daughter Eleanor.
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"One of the great English Victorian novelists....A sharp but sympathetic observer of Victorian social and political life." (Daniel S. Burt, The Biography Book)

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Beautifully read and an absorbing story of a lovely England remnants of which are all around us

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Fantastic reading

Pitch perfect reading, and a hugely enjoyable performance. I highly recommend this version of Barchester Towers.

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the narrative is very well performed. A delight to listen to.

the speaker keeps the story moving forward. Over all an enjoyable listen. A good experience of getting to know his work.

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A straightforward reading

The title isn't meant to be faint praise. This is a huge improvement on Simon Vance's eccentric reading. This is one of Trollope's easier to listen to books. His mannerisms and repetitions can wear, even though his characters live. They especially live in this book when it's read properly, as it is here

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excellent

Great, funny, have film and abridged version this fills in all the gaps thank you

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Life without Obadiah Slope...

...would be intolerable! One of the great comic masterpieces of English literature, superbly narrated. Audio book at its best.

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Master of the well turned phrase

You need a good rest after binge-listening to this before tackling the next in the series, but it's pure joy from start to finish. Trollope is a masterful wordsmith and it's difficult just to listen and resist rewinding every minute or so just to hear something again because it was so perfect. Beautifully read to boot. ❤️

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