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A review by tlsouthard
The Last Chronicle of Barset by Anthony Trollope
5.0
Such a great book. Trollope is just my favorite. Clear-eyed about people, both their goodness and their faults. This book was absolute genius. How we can spend so many pages with Josiah Crawley and still be sorry when it's over will prove that. He is both impossible to like and impossible not to love. He is so HUMAN. So full of contradictions, so prideful, so humble. Such a mix of utterly human foibles and goodness. So incredibly frustrating. Any writer who can write a character like Josiah Crawley is a master.
On the other hand, there is Lily Dale, who is supposed to be the height of Trollope's skill and his favorite character. And I wanted to slap her. Foolish, foolish woman.
I am so sorry to be finished with Barchester. It is likely that I will soon just begin the series again. Perhaps after I finish the last two Palliser novels. Trollope fangirl. That's me.
On the other hand, there is Lily Dale, who is supposed to be the height of Trollope's skill and his favorite character. And I wanted to slap her. Foolish, foolish woman.
I am so sorry to be finished with Barchester. It is likely that I will soon just begin the series again. Perhaps after I finish the last two Palliser novels. Trollope fangirl. That's me.