What the community thinks
summary of 137 ratings (see reviews)
Moods
lighthearted 66%
reflective 66%
challenging 50%
funny 50%
emotional 16%
hopeful 16%
informative 16%
relaxing 16%
reflective 66%
challenging 50%
funny 50%
emotional 16%
hopeful 16%
informative 16%
relaxing 16%
Pace
slow 100%
Strong character development?
Yes: 60% | It's complicated: 20% | No: 20%Loveable characters?
It's complicated: 40% | No: 40% | Yes: 20%Diverse cast of characters?
No: 66% | It's complicated: 16% | Yes: 16%Flaws of characters centre-stage?
Yes: 83% | No: 16%Average rating
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Trollope's comic masterpiece of plotting and backstabbing opens as the Bishop of Barchester lies on his deathbed. Soon a pitched battle breaks out over who will take power, involving, among others, the zealous reformer Dr Proudie, his fiendish wife and the unctuous schemer Obadiah Slope.
Barchester Towers is one of the best-loved novels in Trollope's Chronicles of Barsetshire series, which captured nineteenth-century provincial England with wit, worldly wisdom and an unparalleled gift for characterization. It is the second book in the Chronicles of Barsetshire.
Barchester Towers is one of the best-loved novels in Trollope's Chronicles of Barsetshire series, which captured nineteenth-century provincial England with wit, worldly wisdom and an unparalleled gift for characterization. It is the second book in the Chronicles of Barsetshire.
Buy Barchester Towers
United States
Bookshop US
Other countries
Bookshop UK
Blackwell's
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Trollope's comic masterpiece of plotting and backstabbing opens as the Bishop of Barchester lies on his deathbed. Soon a pitched battle breaks out over who will take power, involving, among others, the zealous reformer Dr Proudie, his fiendish wife and the unctuous schemer Obadiah Slope.
Barchester Towers is one of the best-loved novels in Trollope's Chronicles of Barsetshire series, which captured nineteenth-century provincial England with wit, worldly wisdom and an unparalleled gift for characterization. It is the second book in the Chronicles of Barsetshire.
Barchester Towers is one of the best-loved novels in Trollope's Chronicles of Barsetshire series, which captured nineteenth-century provincial England with wit, worldly wisdom and an unparalleled gift for characterization. It is the second book in the Chronicles of Barsetshire.
What the community thinks
summary of 137 ratings (see reviews)
Moods
lighthearted 66%
reflective 66%
challenging 50%
funny 50%
emotional 16%
hopeful 16%
informative 16%
relaxing 16%
reflective 66%
challenging 50%
funny 50%
emotional 16%
hopeful 16%
informative 16%
relaxing 16%
Pace
slow 100%
Strong character development?
Yes: 60% | It's complicated: 20% | No: 20%Loveable characters?
It's complicated: 40% | No: 40% | Yes: 20%Diverse cast of characters?
No: 66% | It's complicated: 16% | Yes: 16%Flaws of characters centre-stage?
Yes: 83% | No: 16%Average rating