The Warden (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Anthony Trollope
- First Published: 1855
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Social realism
- Time of Work: Mid-nineteenth century
- Setting: London and Barchester, England
- Genres: Long fiction, Bourgeois fiction
- Subjects: Nineteenth century, Doctors, England or English people, Clergy, Reformers, Old age or elderly people
- Locales: London, England, Barchester, England
Characters Discussed
The Reverend Septimus Harding, a kind and gentle man who had been a minor canon near Barchester for many years. At the age of fifty, he had become precentor of Barchester Cathedral, a position that included the wardenship of Hiram’s Hospital. The latter was an almshouse for twelve old men established by the will of John Hiram four centuries earlier. Through the efforts of John Bold, a local reformer, and the Jupiter, a newspaper devoted to attacking the greed and power of the church, Mr. Harding is accused of receiving too large an income from his...
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