Publisher's Synopsis
Framley Parsonage is a novel written by the renowned English author, Anthony Trollope. The book is set in the fictional town of Framley, which is located in the county of Barsetshire. The story revolves around the life of Mark Robarts, a young and ambitious clergyman who is appointed as the vicar of Framley Parsonage.Mark Robarts is eager to climb the social ladder and make a name for himself in society. He becomes friends with the local aristocrats, the de Courcys, and is soon drawn into their world of luxury and extravagance. However, his association with the de Courcys leads him into debt, and he is forced to turn to a moneylender for help.Meanwhile, the novel also explores the lives of other characters in Framley, including the young doctor Thorne and his niece Mary, who is in love with Mark Robarts. The novel also delves into the political and social issues of the time, including the Church of England, the aristocracy, and the growing influence of the middle class.Framley Parsonage is a classic Victorian novel that explores themes of ambition, love, and social class. Trollope's rich and detailed descriptions of the characters and the world they inhabit make for a compelling and engaging read. The novel is part of Trollope's Barsetshire series, which includes several other novels set in the same fictional county.1861. Prolific English writer of novels dealing with Victorian life. Framley Parsonage is one of the volumes of his Barsetshire series, which is for the most part set in the imaginary west country county of Barset and its chief town, Barchester. The Barset novels are where Trollope first begins to use the device of using reappearing characters in different books. The book begins: When young Mark Robarts was leaving college, his father might well declare that all men began to say all good things to him, and to extol his fortune in that he had a son blessed with so excellent a disposition. This father was a physician living at Exeter. He was a gentleman possessed of no private means, but enjoying a lucrative practice, which had enabled him to maintain and educate a family with all the advantages which money can give in this country. Mark was his eldest son and second child; and the first page or two of this narrative must be consumed in giving a catalogue of the good things which chance and conduct together had heaped upon this young man's head. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
