Framley Parsonage (Annotated)

Framley Parsonage, the fourth novel in Anthony Trollope's Chronicles of Barsetshire, is a finely balanced study of clerical ambition, social obligation, and moral compromise in Victorian England. Centered on Mark Robarts, a young vicar tempted by aristocratic influence and financial imprudence, the novel combines domestic realism with satirical acuity. Trollope's lucid, conversational style gives ...