The Warden
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The Warden is an 1855 novel by Anthony Trollope that inaugurates his Chronicles of Barsetshire series, focusing on church politics, moral conflict, and social reform in a fictional English cathedral town.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Anthony Trollope ⓘ |
| characterRoleOf Rev. Septimus Harding | warden of Hiram's Hospital ⓘ |
| chronology |
Barchester Towers
ⓘ
surface form:
precedes "Barchester Towers"
|
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| firstPublicationFormat | book ⓘ |
| form | prose fiction ⓘ |
| genre |
novel
ⓘ
political fiction ⓘ satire ⓘ social novel ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | The Barchester Chronicles (BBC television serial) ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Archdeacon Grantly
ⓘ
surface form:
Archdeacon Theophilus Grantly
Eleanor Harding ⓘ John Bold ⓘ Mr Septimus Harding ⓘ
surface form:
Rev. Septimus Harding
Bishop Proudie ⓘ
surface form:
the Bishop of Barchester
|
| hasFictionalLocation |
Barchester Towers
ⓘ
surface form:
Barchester
|
| hasSequel | Barchester Towers ⓘ |
| length | short novel ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | realism ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Victorian era ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Archdeacon Grantly
ⓘ
surface form:
Archdeacon Theophilus Grantly
Eleanor Harding ⓘ John Bold ⓘ Mr Septimus Harding ⓘ
surface form:
Rev. Septimus Harding
|
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depiction of clerical life in a provincial cathedral town
ⓘ
inaugurating the Chronicles of Barsetshire series ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Victorian literature ⓘ |
| positionInSeries | first novel ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1855 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer
ⓘ
surface form:
Longman
|
| series | Chronicles of Barsetshire ⓘ |
| setting |
Barchester Hospital
ⓘ
fictional English cathedral town of Barchester ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
Church of England
ⓘ
charitable endowments ⓘ ecclesiastical reform ⓘ |
| theme |
church politics
ⓘ
clergy and church patronage ⓘ conscience and duty ⓘ moral conflict ⓘ public opinion and the press ⓘ social reform ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | 19th century England ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.