Barchester Towers
by Anthony Trollope
“Faith, power, and petty politics collide in the most polite of battlegrounds.”
When a power vacuum opens in the quiet cathedral town of Barchester, a delicious war of wits and wills breaks out between the traditionalist clergy and their ambitious new rivals. Amidst the scheming of the formidable Mrs. Proudie and the oily Mr. Slope, a young widow’s heart becomes the ultimate prize in this masterclass of social satire.
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