Framley Parsonage
Author: Anthony Trollope
I wish Mr Trollope would go on writing Framley Parsonage for ever’–Elizabeth Gaskell,,,The fourth of the Barsetshire Chronicles, Framley Parsonage was published in 1860 to wide acclaim and has always been one of Trollope’s most popular novels. In it the values of a Victorian clergyman Mark Robarts, are put to the test. Through a combination of naivety and social ambition, R….Read More
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