Barchester Towers (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Anthony Trollope
- First Published: 1857
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Social satire
- Time of Work: Mid-nineteenth century
- Setting: Barchester, a fictional English cathedral town
- Genres: Long fiction, Bourgeois fiction
- Subjects: Power, personal or social, Nineteenth century, Ministry or ministers, England or English people, Small-town life, Religious life, Church or churches, Victorian era or Victorianism, Cathedrals
- Locales: Barchester, England
Characters Discussed
Eleanor Bold, younger daughter of the Reverend Septimus Harding, the “Warden,” and wealthy widow of John Bold. She lives with her baby son and her sister-in- law, Mary Bold. Much of the novel revolves around Eleanor’s choice of one of her three suitors: Mr. Slope, Bertie Stanhope, and Mr. Arabin. Throughout a large portion of the novel, most of her ecclesiastical friends and relatives assume that she will choose Mr. Slope.
Dr. Proudie, the clergyman who becomes Bishop of Barchester after the death of Archdeacon Grantly’s father. Dr. Proudie...
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