The Warden - Anthony Trollope

The first of the popular Barsetshire novels centers on the honorable cleric Septimus Harding, one of Trollope’s most memorable characters. The tranquil atmosphere of the cathedral town of Barchester is shattered when a scandal breaks concerning the financial affairs of a Church-run almshouse for elderly men. In the ensuing furor, Septimus Harding, the almshouse's well-meaning warden, finds himself pitted against his daughter's suitor Dr. John Bold, a zealous local reformer. Matters are not improved... Zobrazit více