A review by cpcabaniss
The Last Chronicle of Barset by Anthony Trollope

4.0

"Why should any one weep for those who go away full of years, - and full of hope?"

I am very happy to say that where The Small House at Allington fell short for me, this final installment, The Last Chronicle of Barset delivered.

The balance between perspectives was handled in such a way that it flowed easily from one to the other. The characters, though still flawed, were presented in such a way that it wasn't infuriating.

What I appreciated most in this was the thoughts around miscommunication. Some rather devastating things happened due to a lack of communication and some were prevented from going so far as they might by everything being finally found out. We may think that we don't fall into these traps now because we have such easy communication, we don't have to wait for a letter to travel halfway around the world, but can instead send an email or call or video chat. But we still fall into the same traps, just in different ways. Our ways of communicating may have improved, but the quality of communication has not.

A great conclusion to the series and it makes me eager to try more Trollope in the future.