LibriVox reader Nicholas Clifford calls this Trollope's best novel in his introduction to the collaborative version of this fine novel - and he is right! A wonderful study of its central character, the proud, irascible, tormented, poverty-stricken clergyman, Josiah Crawley, who pays a heavy price for his human failings when he is brought to trial for the alleged theft of a cheque for twenty pounds. The trial is the source of much grief for his long-suffering family, not least his wife Mary and daughter Grace (the novel's romantic heroine), whilst the Reverend Crawley reminds us more and more of a mad King Lear on the heath. (Summary by Steve Gough)
Chapters
1 I. How Did He Get It? 29 min 2 II. By Heavens He Had Better Not! 21 min 3 III. The Archdeacon's Threat 13 min 4 lV. The Clergyman's House at Hogglestock 21 min 5 V. What The World Thought About It 15 min 6 VI. Grace Crawley 26 min 7 VII. Miss Prettyman's Private Room 27 min 8 VIII. Mr Crawley is Taken to Silverbridge 35 min 9 IX. Grace Crawley Goes to Allington 24 min 10 X. Dinner at Framley Court 14 min 11 XI. The Bishop Sends His Inhibition 21 min 12 XII. Mr Crawley Seeks for Sympathy 21 min 13 XIII. The Bishop's Angel 24 min 14 XIV. Major Grantly Consults a Friend 14 min 15 XV. Up in London 28 min 16 XVI. Up at Allington 29 min 17 XVII. Mr Crawley is Summoned to Barchester 22 min 18 XVIII. The Bishop of Barchester is Crushed 24 min 19 XIX. Where Did it Come From? 13 min 20 XX. What Mr Walker Thought About It 17 min 21 XXI. Mr Robarts on his Embassy 19 min 22 XXII. Major Grantly at Home 23 min 23 XXIII. Miss Lily Dale's Resolution 27 min 24 XXIV. Mrs Dobbs Broughton's Dinner Party 34 min 25 XXV. Miss Madalina Demolines 21 min 26 XXVI. The Picture 18 min 27 XXVII. A Hero at Home 19 min 28 XXVIII. Showing How Major Grantly Took a Walk 18 min 29 XIX. Miss Lily Dale's Logic 13 min 30 XXX. Showing What Major Grantly Did After his Walk 12 min 31 XXXI. Showing How Major Grantly Returned to Guestwick 17 min 32 XXXII. Mr Toogood 40 min 33 XXXIII. The Plumstead Foxes 17 min 34 XXXIV. Mrs Proudie Sends For Her Lawyer 20 min 35 XXXV. Lily Dale Writes Two Words in her Book 37 min 36 XXXVI. Grace Crawley Returns Home 14 min 37 XXXVII. Hook Court 20 min 38 XXXVIII. Jael 23 min 39 XXXIX. A New Flirtation 18 min 40 XL. Mr Toogood's Ideas About Society 18 min 41 XLI. Grace Crawley at Home 23 min 42 XLII. Mr Toogood Travels Professionally 33 min 43 XLIII. Mr Crosbie Goes into the City 24 min 44 XLIV. 'I suppose I must let you have it.' 11 min 45 XLV. Lily Dale Goes to London 24 min 46 XLVI. A Bayswater Romance 21 min 47 XLVII. Dr Tempest at the Palace 41 min 48 XLVIII. The Softness of Sir Raffle Buffle 17 min 49 XLIX. Near the Close 37 min 50 L. Lady Lufton's Proposition 23 min 51 LI. Mrs Dobbs Broughton Piles her Fagots 36 min 52 LII. Why Don't You have an It for Yourself? 23 min 53 LIII. Rotten Row 23 min 54 LIV. The Clerical Commission 21 min 55 LV. Framley Parsonage 13 min 56 LVI. The Archdeacon Goes to Framley 33 min 57 LVII. A Double Pledge 25 min 58 LVIII. The Cross-Grainedness of Men 28 min 59 LIX. A Lady Presents Her Compliments to Miss L.D 30 min 60 LX. The End of Jael and Sisera 29 min 61 LXI. 'It's Dogged as Does it' 30 min 62 LXII. Mr Crawley's Letter to the Dean 30 min 63 LXIII. Two Visitors to Hogglestock 30 min 64 LXIV. Tragedy at Hook Court 18 min 65 LXV. Miss Van Siever Makes her Choice 17 min 66 LXVI. Requiescat in Pace 23 min 67 LXVII. In Memoriam 24 min 68 LXVIII. The Obstinacy of Mr Crawley 19 min 69 LXIX. Mr Crawley's Last Appearance at his own Pulpit 14 min 70 LXX. Mrs Arabin is Caught 24 min 71 LXXI. Mr Toogood at Silverbridge 20 min 72 LXXII. Mr Toogood at 'The Dragon of Wantly' 14 min 73 LXXIII. There is Comfort at Plumstead 17 min 74 LXXIV. The Crawleys are Informed 19 min 75 LXXV. Madalina's Heart is Bleeding 22 min 76 LXXVI. I Think He is Light of Heart 18 min 77 LXXVII. The Shattered Tree 18 min 78 LXXVIII. The Arabins Return to Barchester 24 min 79 LXXIX. Mr Crawley Speaks of his Coat 19 min 80 LXXX. Miss Demolines Desires to Become a Fingerpost 28 min 81 LXXXI. Barchester Cloisters 13 min 82 LXXXII. The Last Scene at Hogglestock 30 min 83 LXXXIII. Mr Crawley is Conquered 16 min 84 LXXXIV. Conclusion 13 min
