Framley Parsonage (Masterplots: Revised Category Edition, British Fiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Anthony Trollope
- First Published: 1860
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Domestic romance
- Time of Work: 1850’s
- Setting: Barsetshire and London
- Principal Characters: Mark Robarts, Fanny, Lucy, Lady Lufton, Lord Lufton, Sowerby, Miss Dunstable, Dr. Thorne
- Genres: Long fiction, Bourgeois fiction
- Subjects: Values, Love or romance, Nineteenth century, Rural or country life, Villages, Ministry or ministers, England or English people, Moral conditions, London, Ambition, Parties, Victorian era or Victorianism, Nobility, Debtors or creditors
- Locales: England
The Story:
Mark Robarts was the vicar of Framley, an appointment secured through Lady Lufton of Framley, who was very fond of him. He was ambitious, however, and he went to a house party at Chaldicotes, the estate of Mr. Sowerby, of whom Lady Lufton disapproved. Sowerby was notorious for living on other people’s money, for he had long since run through his own fortune. While Mark was visiting him, Sowerby played on the vicar’s sympathy to such an extent that Mark signed his name to a note for four hundred pounds. From Chaldicotes, Mark went to another house party at...
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