The Warden

Name: The Warden
Brand: Findaway
Availability: InStock
Author: Anthony Trollope
ISBN: 9781802568882

Author: Anthony Trollope

Narrator: Eloise Fairfax

Unabridged: 6 hr 43 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Interactive Media

Published: 12/26/2025

Categories: Fiction, Classic

Synopsis

"The Warden" by Anthony Trollope is the first entry in the Chronicles of Barsetshire, a series that brilliantly captures the essence of Victorian England through its examination of moral dilemmas. Set against the backdrop of a tranquil cathedral town, the story revolves around Mr. Harding, a benevolent warden of an almshouse who finds himself at the center of a potential scandal stirred by reformers and the press. As he grapples with personal integrity versus public duty, Trollope explores themes of conscience, power, and the complexities of human nature.

About Anthony Trollope

Anthony Trollope (1815 - 1882) was one of the most successful English novelists during the Victorian era. Among his best-known works is a series of novels collectively known as the Chronicles of Barsetshire, but he also wrote novels on political, social, and gender issues as well as other topical matters.

Reviews

Goodreads review by J on November 10, 2009

There is tranquility in a second-hand bookshop. Libraries are quiet because they must be. This is different. A kind of peace. Whatever it is, it suits me. I feel at home. It could just be the dust. Anyway, there I was kneeling in the art books, pulling them out and pushing them back. Have it, read i......more

Goodreads review by Henry on November 14, 2025

The Warden a somewhat melancholic story of Septimus Harding, Church of England clergyman in the fictitious cathedral town of Barchester (Winchester in reality). Britain during the middle of the 19th century and (the first of the six novels in this highly acclaimed series by Anthony Trollope) this qui......more

Goodreads review by °°°·.°·..·°¯°·._.· ʜᴇʟᴇɴ Ροζουλί Εωσφόρος ·._.·°¯°·.·° .·°°° on March 16, 2019

O Anthony Trollope (1815-1882) είναι ένας τρυφερός και καλόκαρδος δάσκαλος, ο οποίος μας διδάσκει με απλότητα και δοτικότητα πάρα πολλά απο τα δρώμενα της Βικτωριανής εποχής. Απο αυτά που εξακολουθούν να παίζουν πρωτεύοντα ρόλο στην σημερινή κοινωνία της υφηλίου μας, στον σύγχρονο κόσμο της χονδροει......more

Goodreads review by Paul on April 21, 2021

Money is the point of this very amusing and SHORT Victorian novel. Or maybe more particularly, EMBARRASSMENT about money. Our inoffensive middle aged warden hero becomes convinced he has too much of it. His son in law and various others try to convince him that even though he doesn’t do a hand’s tur......more