Who wrote the novel 'The Warden' in 1855?
"up into a thoroughly odious character, and is well aware of his odiousness, but he still prefers him to John Bold, and the book contains a scarcely veiled attack on Charles Dickens, whose reforming zeal he found it hard to sympathise with."" The Warden The Warden, published in 1855, is the first book in Anthony Trollope's Chronicles of Barsetshire series of six novels. It was his fourth novel. ""The Warden"" concerns Mr Septimus Harding, the meek, elderly warden of Hiram's Hospital and precentor of Barchester Cathedral, in the fictional county of Barsetshire. Hiram's Hospital is an almshouse supported by a"
"to his autobiography, he conceived the plot of ""The Warden"", which became the first of the six Barsetshire novels. His postal work delayed the beginning of writing for a year; the novel was published in 1855, in an edition of 1,000 copies, with Trollope receiving half of the profits: £9 8s. 8d. in 1855, and £10 15s. 1d. in 1856. Although the profits were not large, the book received notices in the press, and brought Trollope to the attention of the novel-reading public. He immediately began work on ""Barchester Towers"", the second Barsetshire novel; upon its publication in 1857, he"
"""The Warden""; he dies of a peaceful old age, mourned by his family and the old men he loved and looked after as Warden. The storyline places several of the characters in prominent roles throughout the hierarchy of the Church of England. The Last Chronicle of Barset The Last Chronicle of Barset is a novel by Anthony Trollope, published in 1867. It is the final book of a series of six, often referred to collectively as the Chronicles of Barsetshire. ""The Last Chronicle of Barset"" concerns an indigent but learned clergyman, the Reverend Josiah Crawley, the perpetual curate of Hogglestock,"
"Kensal Green Cemetery, near the grave of his contemporary, Wilkie Collins. Trollope's first major success came with ""The Warden"" (1855)—the first of six novels set in the fictional county of ""Barsetshire"" (often collectively referred to as the ""Chronicles of Barsetshire""), dealing primarily with the clergy and landed gentry. ""Barchester Towers"" (1857) has probably become the best-known of these. Trollope's other major series, the Palliser novels, which overlap with the Barsetshire novels, concerned itself with politics, with the wealthy, industrious Plantagenet Palliser (later Duke of Omnium) and his delightfully spontaneous, even richer wife Lady Glencora featured prominently, though, as with the"
"Requiescat. In Anthony Trollope's 1855 novel, ""The Warden"", the fictional archdeacon of Barchester Cathedral, Dr. Grantly, keeps in his private study ""the busts of the greatest among the great: Chrysostom, St. Augustine, Thomas à Becket, Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop Laud, and Dr. Philpotts"" (chap. XII). Bishop Phillpotts appears as a pompous bishop of Exeter, in Edward Marston's historical novel set in 1857, ""The Stationmaster's Farewell"". This is no.9 of the Railway Detective series featuring Inspector Colbeck and Sergeant Lemming. Henry Phillpotts Henry Phillpotts (6 May 177818 September 1869), often called ""Henry of Exeter"", was the Anglican Bishop of Exeter from 1830"
"BBC television mini-series titled ""The Warden"" (1951), which was broadcast live and apparently never recorded. The BBC adapted ""The Warden"" and its sequel, ""Barchester Towers"", into the miniseries ""The Barchester Chronicles"" (1982). The first two of the seven one-hour episodes are drawn from ""The Warden"" and the rest from the much longer ""Barchester Towers."" George Orwell called the novel ""probably the most successful"" of Trollope's ""clerical series"", and ""one of his best works"" but noted that Trollope, though a shrewd critic, was no reformer. ""A time-honoured abuse, he held, is frequently less bad than its remedy. He builds Archdeacon Grantly"
"The Store The Store is a 1932 novel by Thomas Sigismund Stribling. It won the Pulitzer Prize for the Novel in 1933. It is the second book of the ""Vaiden"" trilogy, comprising ""The Forge"", ""The Store"", and ""Unfinished Cathedral"". All three books in the trilogy have been kept in print since the mid-1980s by the University of Alabama Press. The first book in the trilogy, ""The Forge,"" opens at the beginning of the American Civil War and ends with the abolition of slavery. Continuing its exploration of the transformation of the American South from its traditional agrarian society to a"
"best-loved works are set in the imaginary west country county of Barsetshire, including ""The Warden"" (1855) and ""Barchester Towers"" (1857). Trollope's novels portray the lives of the landowning and professional classes of early Victorian England. George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans (1819–80) was a major novelist of the mid-Victorian period. Her works, especially ""Middlemarch"" 1871-2), are important examples of literary realism, and are admired for their combination of high Victorian literary detail, with an intellectual breadth that removes them from the narrow geographic confines they often depict, that has led to comparisons with Tolstoy. George Meredith (1828–1909) is best remembered for"
"Watch and Ward Watch and Ward is a short novel by Henry James, first published as a serial in ""The Atlantic Monthly"" in 1871 and later as a book in 1878. This was James' first attempt at a novel, though he virtually disowned the book later in life. James was still in his apprentice stage as a writer, and ""Watch and Ward"" shows predictable immaturity. It's an odd, sometimes melodramatic tale of how protagonist Roger Lawrence adopts an orphaned twelve-year-old girl, Nora Lambert, and raises her as his eventual bride-to-be. But complications ensue, sometimes in a bizarre manner. James later"
"The Watchman (Grubb novel) The Watchman is a 1961 novel by American author Davis Grubb. The novel, set in the town of Adena, West Virginia concerns the dark family secret of Sheriff Luther Alt, and his daughters Jill and Chris. When Cole Blake is murdered, events get out of hand. Louis Grubb in his preface to ""You Never Believe Me"" quotes ""Time Magazine's"" review of the novel: ""The latest of the author's marrow chilling tales of good and evil—a mixture of poetic rage against cruelty in man, a song of praise of physical love, a cry of despair at the"
"blows dealt to the innocent young"". The Watchman (Grubb novel) The Watchman is a 1961 novel by American author Davis Grubb. The novel, set in the town of Adena, West Virginia concerns the dark family secret of Sheriff Luther Alt, and his daughters Jill and Chris. When Cole Blake is murdered, events get out of hand. Louis Grubb in his preface to ""You Never Believe Me"" quotes ""Time Magazine's"" review of the novel: ""The latest of the author's marrow chilling tales of good and evil—a mixture of poetic rage against cruelty in man, a song of praise of physical love,"
"works are set in the imaginary county of Barsetshire, including ""The Warden"" (1855) and ""Barchester Towers"" (1857). He also wrote perceptive novels on political, social, and gender issues, and on other topical matters, including ""The Way with Live Now"" (1875). Trollope's novels portrayed the lives of the landowning and professional classes of early Victorian England. George Eliot's (Mary Ann Evans (1819–80) first novel ""Adam Bede"" was published in 1859. Her works, especially ""Middlemarch"" 1871–72), are important examples of literary realism, and are admired for their combination of high Victorian literary detail combined with an intellectual breadth that removes them from"
"The Test (novel) The Test is a novel by Mary Tappan Wright. It was first published in hardcover by Charles Scribner's Sons in February, 1904. It was Wright's second published novel and third published book. The story takes place in the college town of Genoa in the Middle West. The heroine, Alice Lindell, secretary to Senator Winchester, is engaged to the senator's son Tom. She attempts to wean Tom away from his weakness for liquor by prematurely giving in to his desire for her, with disastrous results; Tom backslides, and while drunk falls victim to the wiles of another admirer,"
"Wilkie Collins William Wilkie Collins (8 January 1824 – 23 September 1889) was an English novelist, playwright, and short story writer. His best-known works are ""The Woman in White"" (1859), ""No Name"" (1862), ""Armadale"" (1866) and ""The Moonstone"" (1868). The last is considered the first modern English detective novel. Born into the family of painter William Collins in London, he lived with his family in Italy and France as a child and learned French and Italian. He worked as a clerk for a tea merchant. After his first novel, ""Antonina,"" was published in 1850, he met Charles Dickens, who became"
"Woman in White"" and ""The Moonstone"" share an unusual narrative structure, somewhat resembling an epistolary novel, in which different portions of the book have different narrators, each with a distinct narrative voice. ""Armadale"" has this to a lesser extent through the correspondence between some characters. Wilkie Collins William Wilkie Collins (8 January 1824 – 23 September 1889) was an English novelist, playwright, and short story writer. His best-known works are ""The Woman in White"" (1859), ""No Name"" (1862), ""Armadale"" (1866) and ""The Moonstone"" (1868). The last is considered the first modern English detective novel. Born into the family of painter"
"The Passion (novel) The Passion is a 1987 novel by British novelist Jeannette Winterson. The novel depicts a young French soldier in the Napoleonic army during 1805 as he takes charge of Napoleon's personal larder. The novel won the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize. Publication and subsequent sales of the novel allowed Winterson to stop working other jobs, and support herself as a full-time writer. Though nominally a historical novel, Winterson takes considerable liberties with the depiction of the historical setting and various strategies for interpreting the historical—making the novel historiographic metafiction. The novel also explores themes like passion, constructions of"
"The Burden The Burden is a novel written by Agatha Christie and first published in the UK by Heinemann on 12 November 1956. Initially not published in the US, it was later issued as a paperback by Dell Publishing in September 1963. It was the last of six novels Christie wrote under the nom-de-plume Mary Westmacott. The title of the novel is taken from Chapter 11, Verse 30 of the Gospel of Matthew. The full line, as quoted in the Epigraph to the novel, is: When Laura Franklin's younger sister Shirley comes into the world, Laura instantly resents her, and"
"in 1864 while in battle with the 52nd Regiment of Foot at Kensington on 10 February. Henry Curling (novelist) Henry Curling (1803 – 10 February 1864, Kensington) was a novelist and captain in the 52nd Regiment of Foot, a light infantry unit in the British Army. Curling's works include ""The Soldier of Fortune"", 1843; ""Shakespeare, a Romance"", 1848; and ""Recollections of Rifleman Harris"", 1848. Many common foot soldiers during the period 1803–1815 were unable to create an account of events they encountered because of their illiteracy. ""Recollections of Rifleman Harris"" provides an account of Benjamin Randell Harris, a common soldier"
"treatment"". The Burden The Burden is a novel written by Agatha Christie and first published in the UK by Heinemann on 12 November 1956. Initially not published in the US, it was later issued as a paperback by Dell Publishing in September 1963. It was the last of six novels Christie wrote under the nom-de-plume Mary Westmacott. The title of the novel is taken from Chapter 11, Verse 30 of the Gospel of Matthew. The full line, as quoted in the Epigraph to the novel, is: When Laura Franklin's younger sister Shirley comes into the world, Laura instantly resents her,"
"The Black Cauldron (novel) The Black Cauldron (1965) is a high fantasy novel by American writer Lloyd Alexander, the second of five volumes in ""The Chronicles of Prydain"". For 1966 it was a Newbery Honor book, runner-up for the year's ""most distinguished contribution to American literature for children"". The story continues the adventures of Taran, the Assistant Pig-Keeper, as he joins in a quest to capture the eponymous Magical Cauldron from Arawn Death-Lord. The book provided a title and many elements of plot for the 1985 Disney animated feature ""The Black Cauldron"". The series was inspired by Welsh mythology and"
"A. E. W. Mason Alfred Edward Woodley Mason (7 May 1865 – 22 November 1948) was an English author and politician. He is best remembered for his 1902 novel of courage and cowardice in wartime, ""The Four Feathers"" and is also known as the creator of Inspector Hanaud, a French detective who was an early template for Agatha Christie's famous Hercule Poirot. His prolific output in short stories and novels were frequently made and remade into films during his lifetime; though many of the silent versions have been lost or forgotten, the Korda productions of ""Fire Over England"" (1937) and"
"The Talisman (King and Straub novel) The Talisman is a 1984 fantasy novel by American writers Stephen King and Peter Straub. The plot is not related to that of Walter Scott's 1825 novel of the same name, although there is one oblique reference to ""a Sir Walter Scott novel."" ""The Talisman"" was nominated for both the Locus and World Fantasy Awards in 1985. King and Straub followed up with a sequel, ""Black House"" (2001), that picks up with a now-adult Jack as a retired Los Angeles homicide detective trying to solve a series of murders in the small town of"
"1845. Allan was L&NWR works manager at Crewe Works from 1843 to 1853. The Railway Detective The Railway Detective is the eponymous opening title in the series of detective mystery novels written by Keith Miles under the pseudonym Edward Marston. Set in 1851, it is about a railway robbery which is investigated and ultimately solved by two Scotland Yard detectives, Inspector Robert Colbeck and Sergeant Victor Leeming. The novel was published in 2004 by Allison & Busby of London. The book's cover depicts part of ""The Railway Station"" (1862) by William Powell Frith. According to the publishers in a 2018"
"Ford Madox Ford Ford Madox Ford (born Ford Hermann Hueffer ( ); 17 December 1873 – 26 June 1939) was an English novelist, poet, critic and editor whose journals, ""The English Review"" and ""The Transatlantic Review"", were instrumental in the development of early 20th-century English literature. Ford is now remembered for his novels ""The Good Soldier"" (1915), the ""Parade's End"" tetralogy (1924–28) and ""The Fifth Queen"" trilogy (1906–08). ""The Good Soldier"" is frequently included among the great literature of the 20th century, including the Modern Library 100 Best Novels, ""The Observer""′s ""100 Greatest Novels of All Time"", and ""The Guardian""′s"
"information was thought to have been known about the castle. Other books include an historical novel, ""The Secret of The Talisman"", and local histories, ""The History of Barbourne"", of which he was co-author and ""Heroes and Villains of Worcestershire"". His journalism career began at the weekly Kent Messenger. He also worked as Supplements Editor on the Birmingham Evening Mail and as editor on the Orpington Times and the Hereford Observer, and did a stint as a sub-editor on The Independent. Terry Wardle Terry Wardle (born 17 April 1944) is a British writer born in Hereford. Has also been a soldier,"
"The Guard (novel) The Guard (el-hares ) is Ezzat el Kamhawi's third novel, and sixth book, released by el-Ain publishing in 2008. The Guard came as an important example of alienation, which affects humans when they put themselves in the service of authoritarian power to the extent of absence, through the life of lieutenant Waheed who joined the Cavalry to guard the president. Lt. Waheed becomes integrated with his work to the degree of loss of his private life completely, his features becomes more and more similar with other guards. Waheed devotes himself to serving the security system and live"
"imperial setting. Zoltan Korda directed a remake, the much less successful ""Storm Over the Nile"" (1955), starring Anthony Steel. Other film versions include two earlier silent films, from 1915 and 1929, a 1978 American television film with Beau Bridges in the lead role and a disappointing ""The Four Feathers"" (2002), starring Heath Ledger and Kate Hudson. A. E. W. Mason Alfred Edward Woodley Mason (7 May 1865 – 22 November 1948) was an English author and politician. He is best remembered for his 1902 novel of courage and cowardice in wartime, ""The Four Feathers"" and is also known as the"
"as a young detective in the Canadian TV series ""The Pinkertons"", played by Martha MacIsaac. Kate Warne Kate Warne (1833 – January 28, 1868) was the first female detective, in 1856, in the Pinkerton Detective Agency and the United States. Very little is known about Kate Warne prior to her working for Allan Pinkerton, except that she was born in Erin, Chemung County, New York and was a widow by age 23. Pinkerton, in his book ""The Spy of the Rebellion"" (1883), described her as: [a] commanding person, with clear cut, expressive features ... a slender, brown-haired woman, graceful in"
"do not live altogether in italics … and a vein of cheerful sanity runs through even her grayest chapters, insuring them against the morbidness that is the most dangerous pitfall in the path of the novelist who deals familiarly with souls."" The Test (novel) The Test is a novel by Mary Tappan Wright. It was first published in hardcover by Charles Scribner's Sons in February, 1904. It was Wright's second published novel and third published book. The story takes place in the college town of Genoa in the Middle West. The heroine, Alice Lindell, secretary to Senator Winchester, is engaged"
"Kate Warne Kate Warne (1833 – January 28, 1868) was the first female detective, in 1856, in the Pinkerton Detective Agency and the United States. Very little is known about Kate Warne prior to her working for Allan Pinkerton, except that she was born in Erin, Chemung County, New York and was a widow by age 23. Pinkerton, in his book ""The Spy of the Rebellion"" (1883), described her as: [a] commanding person, with clear cut, expressive features ... a slender, brown-haired woman, graceful in her movements and self-possessed. Her features, although not what could be called handsome [beautiful], were"
"it at that point in his career. But he dropped the novel from his 1883 collective edition and soon seemed to want to forget about it completely. Watch and Ward Watch and Ward is a short novel by Henry James, first published as a serial in ""The Atlantic Monthly"" in 1871 and later as a book in 1878. This was James' first attempt at a novel, though he virtually disowned the book later in life. James was still in his apprentice stage as a writer, and ""Watch and Ward"" shows predictable immaturity. It's an odd, sometimes melodramatic tale of how"
"The Case of Charles Dexter Ward The Case of Charles Dexter Ward is a short horror novel (51,500 words) by American writer H. P. Lovecraft, written in early 1927, but not published during the author's lifetime. Set in Lovecraft's hometown of Providence, Rhode Island, it was first published (in abridged form) in the May and July issues of ""Weird Tales"" in 1941; the first complete publication was in Arkham House's ""Beyond the Wall of Sleep"" collection (1943). It is included in the Library of America volume of Lovecraft's work. The novel, set in 1928, describes how Charles Dexter Ward becomes"
"The Morgesons The Morgesons is a novel written by Elizabeth Stoddard in 1862. A female ""bildungsroman"", it traces the quest of a young woman in search of self-definition and autonomy. The novel comments upon the oppression of women in mid-nineteenth-century New England and challenges the religious and social norms of the time period. Stoddard's novel traces the education and development of a young female in American middle-class society. The protagonist, Cassandra Morgeson, is educated by a series of journeys she makes throughout her youth and early adulthood. Each new setting represents a different stage in her intellectual development. Cassandra is"