Book description
With an essay by David Skilton and Peter Miles.
'He was sickened also with all these lies. His very soul was
dismayed by the dirt through which he was forced to wade. He had
become unconsciously connected with the lowest dregs of mankind, and
would have to see his name mingled with theirs in the daily newspapers'
Mark Robarts is a clergyman with ambitions beyond his small country
parish of Framley. In a naive attempt to mix in influential circles,
he agrees to guarantee a bill for a large sum of money for the
disreputable local Member of Parliament, while being helped in his
career in the Church by the same hand. But the unscrupulous politician
reneges on his financial obligations, and Mark must face the
consequences this debt may bring to his family.
The Penguin English Library - 100 editions of the best fiction in
English, from the eighteenth century and the very first novels to the
beginning of the First World War.
Anthony Trollope (1815-82) was one of the most widely enjoyed and
prolific novelists of the nineteenth century. His books include the
great Chronicles of Barsetshire, of which Framley Parsonage
is the fourth volume. Trollope worked for the Post Office for much
of his adult life where he was instrumental in the creation of the red
British pillar box.
The other five titles in the Chronicles of Barsetshire are
The Warden, Barchester Towers, Dr Thorne,
The Small House at Allington and The Last Chronicle of
Barset, all of which are published in the Penguin English Library.
