The Last Chronicle of Barset
1867
The Last Chronicle of Barset, published in 1867 by Anthony Trollope, is the sixth and final installment in the Barsetshire series. The novel follows Reverend Josiah Crawley, who faces a scandalous accusation of theft that threatens his family's dignity and stability. Set against the backdrop of 19th-century England, it explores themes of morality, social status, and the complexities of human relationships within a close-knit community. Trollope's portrayal of the Crawley family's struggles reflects his own experiences with genteel poverty, making this work a poignant examination of societal judgment and personal integrity.
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“A man who desires to soften another man's heart, should always abuse himself. In softening a woman's heart, he should abuse her.””
— Anthony Trollope
“Mrs Draper took this as an order for her departure, and crept silently out of the room, closing the door behind her with the long protracted elaborate click which is always produced by an attempt at silence on such occasions.””
— Anthony Trollope
“There are some people, if you can only get to learn the length of their feet, you can always fit them with shoes afterwards.””
— Anthony Trollope
“Shall a man have nothing of his own; -- no sorrow in his heart, no care in his family, no thought in his breast so private and special to him, but that, if he happen to be a clergyman, the bishop may touch it with his thumb?' I am not the bishop's thumb,' said Mr. Thumble””
— Anthony Trollope
“But yet his thoughts were very tender to her. Nothing reopens the springs of love so fully as absence, and no absence so thoroughly as that which must needs be endless. We want what we have not; and especially that which we can never have.””
— Anthony Trollope
“She was an old woman who thought all evil of those she did not know, and all good of those whom she did know....””
— Anthony Trollope
“He, as he told his tale, did not look her in the face, but sat with his eyes fixed upon her muff.””
— Anthony Trollope
“No one ever on seeing Mr Crawley took him to be a happy man, or a weak man, or an ignorant man, or a wise man.””
— Anthony Trollope
“Poverty makes the spirit poor, and the hands weak, and the heart sore,”
— Anthony Trollope
