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.

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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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Mr Septimus Harding appearsIn The Warden
Barchester Towers follows The Warden
Anthony Trollope notableWork The Warden
An Autobiography relatedWork The Warden
Barsetshire settingFor The Warden