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4.5 stars. Oh, how I enjoyed this book! For years, I thought Trollope was stuffy and dry. I don't know where I got this idea from, but it's the furthest from the truth. This is the fourth book in the Chronicles of Barsetshire, and they get better and better as they go.
I truly believe that I may never have tried this author if it weren't for Katie of Books and Things on YouTube. She loves Victorian literature so much, and has read all of Dickens, Austen, Gaskell, Hardy, and others (and has video ...more
I truly believe that I may never have tried this author if it weren't for Katie of Books and Things on YouTube. She loves Victorian literature so much, and has read all of Dickens, Austen, Gaskell, Hardy, and others (and has video ...more
Happily, Trollope is back on form after the slog that was Dr. Thorne. He deals with many of the same themes but in a much more compelling way, and Mrs. Proudie is back!
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Trollope and Dickens are often compared to each other, and usually Dickens is considered the better writer, but I am thoroughly enjoying this series. For me, the two writers are equally good, they just focus on a different segment of Victorian life.
Another aspect that I like about Trollope is that Chronicles of Barsetshire really is a series. We encounter the same characters from book to book (at least so far, I have only read 4 of the 6), although we are introduced to new main characters in ea ...more
Another aspect that I like about Trollope is that Chronicles of Barsetshire really is a series. We encounter the same characters from book to book (at least so far, I have only read 4 of the 6), although we are introduced to new main characters in ea ...more
Couldn’t finish. Nothing wrong with it but I couldn’t get into it. Maybe I will try again later.
Fourth book in Trollope's six-book Chronicles of Barsetshire series, published in the late 1800s (Victorian era).
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Dec 25, 2024
Davida "Davi"
marked it as to-read
