The Last Chronicle Of Barset

Anthony Trollope was a masterful satirist with an unerring eye for the mostintrinsic details of human behavior and an imaginative grasp of thepreoccupations of ... » 

Anthony Trollope was a masterful satirist with an unerring eye for the mostintrinsic details of human behavior and an imaginative grasp of thepreoccupations of nineteenthcentury English novels. In The Last Chronicle ofBarset Mr. Crawley curate of Hogglestock falls deeply into debt bringingsuffering to himself and his family. To make matters worse he is accused oftheft cant remember where he got the counterfeit check he is alleged to havestolen and must stand trial. Trollopes powerful portrait of this complex mangloomy brooding and proud moving relentlessly from one humiliation toanotherachieves tragic dimensions. «