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The Last Chronicle of Barset by Anthony Trollope

In the quiet hum of Victorian England, where social standing often whispered louder than truth, Anthony Trollope’s *The Last Chronicle of Barset* unfolds as…

The Last Chronicle of Barset by Anthony Trollope
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In the quiet hum of Victorian England, where social standing often whispered louder than truth, Anthony Trollope’s *The Last Chronicle of Barset* unfolds as a tapestry of moral inquiry and human frailty. A coda to his beloved Barsetshire series, this novel lingers in the parish halls and drawing rooms of a fictional county, where the weight of reputation and the tremors of class consciousness shape lives with quiet ferocity. Trollope, a master of the ordinary rendered extraordinary, turns his gaze to the ripples caused by a misplaced cheque, a single act that tests the integrity of a man, the loyalty of a family, and the brittle decorum of a society obsessed with its own hierarchies. First published in 1867, the novel distills Trollope’s lifelong preoccupation with the interplay of virtue and ambition, faith and pride. Reverend Josiah Crawley, a clergyman of unshakable conscience yet meager means, becomes the reluctant center of a scandal that lays bare the contradictions of an era.

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The Last Chronicle of Barset was first published in 1867. Works first published before 1931 are in the public domain in the United States, so the text is free to read, share and adapt. The edition shown here comes from Project Gutenberg, which publishes only books that are in the US public domain.

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Chapters

  1. Chapter 1: I. How Did He Get It? (29:11) · watch
  2. Chapter 2: II. By Heavens He Had Better Not! (21:21) · watch
  3. Chapter 3: III. The Archdeacon's Threat. (13:16) · watch
  4. Chapter 4: lV. The Clergyman's House at Hogglestock (21:22) · watch
  5. Chapter 5: V. What The World Thought About It (15:15) · watch
  6. Chapter 6: VI. Grace Crawley (25:43) · watch
  7. Chapter 7: VII. Miss Prettyman's Private Room (26:55) · watch
  8. Chapter 8: VIII. Mr Crawley is Taken to Silverbridge (35:10) · watch
  9. Chapter 9: IX. Grace Crawley Goes to Allington (23:43) · watch
  10. Chapter 10: X. Dinner at Framley Court (14:29) · watch
  11. Chapter 11: XI. The Bishop Sends His Inhibition (20:52) · watch
  12. Chapter 12: XII. Mr Crawley Seeks for Sympathy (21:03) · watch
  13. Chapter 13: XIII. The Bishop's Angel (23:52) · watch
  14. Chapter 14: XIV. Major Grantly Consults a Friend (14:18) · watch
  15. Chapter 15: XV. Up in London (28:13) · watch
  16. Chapter 16: XVI. Up at Allington (29:28) · watch
  17. Chapter 17: XVII. Mr Crawley is Summoned to Barchester (22:25) · watch
  18. Chapter 18: XVIII. The Bishop of Barchester is Crushed (24:22) · watch
  19. Chapter 19: XIX. Where Did it Come From? (12:59) · watch
  20. Chapter 20: XX. What Mr Walker Thought About It (16:52) · watch
  21. Chapter 21: XXI. Mr Robarts on his Embassy (18:50) · watch
  22. Chapter 22: XXII. Major Grantly at Home (23:06) · watch
  23. Chapter 23: XXIII. Miss Lily Dale's Resolution (27:24) · watch
  24. Chapter 24: XXIV. Mrs Dobbs Broughton's Dinner Party (33:32) · watch
  25. Chapter 25: XXV. Miss Madalina Demolines (20:58) · watch
  26. Chapter 26: XXVI. The Picture (17:42) · watch
  27. Chapter 27: XXVII. A Hero at Home (19:23) · watch
  28. Chapter 28: XXVIII. Showing How Major Grantly Took a Walk (17:48) · watch
  29. Chapter 29: XIX. Miss Lily Dale's Logic (13:14) · watch
  30. Chapter 30: XXX. Showing What Major Grantly Did After his Walk (12:10) · watch
  31. Chapter 31: XXXI. Showing How Major Grantly Returned to Guestwick (17:14) · watch
  32. Chapter 32: XXXII. Mr Toogood (39:33) · watch
  33. Chapter 33: XXXIII. The Plumstead Foxes (17:16) · watch
  34. Chapter 34: XXXIV. Mrs Proudie Sends For Her Lawyer (19:51) · watch
  35. Chapter 35: XXXV. Lily Dale Writes Two Words in her Book (36:53) · watch
  36. Chapter 36: XXXVI. Grace Crawley Returns Home (14:13) · watch
  37. Chapter 37: XXXVII. Hook Court (20:03) · watch
  38. Chapter 38: XXXVIII. Jael (23:17) · watch
  39. Chapter 39: XXXIX. A New Flirtation (17:35) · watch
  40. Chapter 40: XL. Mr Toogood's Ideas About Society (17:44) · watch
  41. Chapter 41: XLI. Grace Crawley at Home (23:19) · watch
  42. Chapter 42: XLII. Mr Toogood Travels Professionally (33:06) · watch
  43. Chapter 43: XLIII. Mr Crosbie Goes into the City (24:23) · watch
  44. Chapter 44: XLIV. 'I suppose I must let you have it.' (11:17) · watch
  45. Chapter 45: XLV. Lily Dale Goes to London (23:56) · watch
  46. Chapter 46: XLVI. A Bayswater Romance (20:43) · watch
  47. Chapter 47: XLVII. Dr Tempest at the Palace (40:41) · watch
  48. Chapter 48: XLVIII. The Softness of Sir Raffle Buffle (16:57) · watch
  49. Chapter 49: XLIX. Near the Close (36:53) · watch
  50. Chapter 50: L. Lady Lufton's Proposition (23:02) · watch
  51. Chapter 51: LI. Mrs Dobbs Broughton Piles her Fagots (36:10) · watch
  52. Chapter 52: LII. Why Don't You have an It for Yourself? (22:38) · watch
  53. Chapter 53: LIII. Rotten Row (22:52) · watch
  54. Chapter 54: LIV. The Clerical Commission (20:48) · watch
  55. Chapter 55: LV. Framley Parsonage (13:07) · watch
  56. Chapter 56: LVI. The Archdeacon Goes to Framley (33:12) · watch
  57. Chapter 57: LVII. A Double Pledge (24:47) · watch
  58. Chapter 58: LVIII. The Cross-Grainedness of Men (28:16) · watch
  59. Chapter 59: LIX. A Lady Presents Her Compliments to Miss L.D. (29:36) · watch
  60. Chapter 60: LX. The End of Jael and Sisera (29:16) · watch
  61. Chapter 61: LXI. 'It's Dogged as Does it' (30:29) · watch
  62. Chapter 62: LXII. Mr Crawley's Letter to the Dean (29:56) · watch
  63. Chapter 63: LXIII. Two Visitors to Hogglestock (30:04) · watch
  64. Chapter 64: LXIV. Tragedy at Hook Court (17:43) · watch
  65. Chapter 65: LXV. Miss Van Siever Makes her Choice (17:27) · watch
  66. Chapter 66: LXVI. Requiescat in Pace (22:36) · watch
  67. Chapter 67: LXVII. In Memoriam (23:48) · watch
  68. Chapter 68: LXVIII. The Obstinacy of Mr Crawley (18:57) · watch
  69. Chapter 69: LXIX. Mr Crawley's Last Appearance at his own Pulpit (13:39) · watch
  70. Chapter 70: LXX. Mrs Arabin is Caught (23:36) · watch
  71. Chapter 71: LXXI. Mr Toogood at Silverbridge (19:52) · watch
  72. Chapter 72: LXXII. Mr Toogood at 'The Dragon of Wantly' (14:29) · watch
  73. Chapter 73: LXXIII. There is Comfort at Plumstead (17:07) · watch
  74. Chapter 74: LXXIV. The Crawleys are Informed (18:50) · watch
  75. Chapter 75: LXXV. Madalina's Heart is Bleeding (22:20) · watch
  76. Chapter 76: LXXVI. I Think He is Light of Heart (17:37) · watch
  77. Chapter 77: LXXVII. The Shattered Tree (18:01) · watch
  78. Chapter 78: LXXVIII. The Arabins Return to Barchester (23:36) · watch
  79. Chapter 79: LXXIX. Mr Crawley Speaks of his Coat (18:38) · watch
  80. Chapter 80: LXXX. Miss Demolines Desires to Become a Fingerpost (27:53) · watch
  81. Chapter 81: LXXXI. Barchester Cloisters (12:54) · watch
  82. Chapter 82: LXXXII. The Last Scene at Hogglestock (30:24) · watch
  83. Chapter 83: LXXXIII. Mr Crawley is Conquered (16:20) · watch
  84. Chapter 84: LXXXIV. Conclusion (12:37) · watch

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