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The Warden centers on Mr. Harding, a clergyman of great personal integrity who is nevertheless in possession of an income from a charity far in excess of the sum devoted to the purposes of the foundation. On discovering this, young John Bold turns his reforming zeal to exposing what he regards as an abuse of privilege, despite the fact that he is in love with Mr. Harding’s daughter Eleanor. It was a highly topical novel (a case regarding the misapplication of church funds was the scandalous subject of contemporary debate), but like other great Victorian novelists, Trollope uses the specific case to explore and illuminate the universal complexities of human motivation and social morality.

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Best known for the satirical novel entitled The Way We Live Now, Anthony Trollope wrote several novels and series of novels that went on to encompass the prestigious body of work for which he remained a valued author for the next 150 years. Like in the case of most Victorian novelists, Trollope’s talent does not lie in sensationalism, but in creating authentic stories and situations involving life lessons that could actually occur in everyday life. The only difference that sets him apart as an outstanding writer is that the British author is capable of creating genuine, realistic characters whose everyday challenges can be related to even today.The Warden is a pleasant, gentle-paced story that will delight you while remaining a thought-provoking tale involving Mr Septimus Harding, the warden of Hiram’s Hospital and a kindhearted, noble character who isn’t afraid to stand up for what he believes.When John Bold, a zealous reformer who seeks to expose the disparity between the income obtained by the charity’s beadsmen and the allegedly high amounts used by Mr. Harding to secure an abode and living for himself and his unmarried daughter, Eleanor. Despite Bold’s romantic involvement with Eleanor, he goes on to start a lawsuit against Mr. Harding, and even attempts to use the press in order to discredit him.First among the six novels Trollope wrote as part of the Chronicles of Bersetshire series, The Warden remains known as a novel filled with fascinating characters that people can easily relate to. According to some records, Trollope’s story was inspired by the real life case of inquiries made by a Winchester vicar and Church reformer into the financial affairs of Francis North, 5th Earl of Guilford.The novel became quite popular in the 1980s, when it was adapted into a short BBC television series bearing the same name.

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"The Warden", the first novel in the "Chronicles of Barsetshire" series, concerns Mr Septimus Harding, elderly warden of Hiram's Hospital and Precentor of Barchester Cathedral. Hiram's Hospital is an alms house supported by the income from a medieval charitable bequest to the Diocese of Barchester. The income maintains the alms house itself, supports its twelve bedesmen, and, in addition, provides a comfortable abode and living for its warden. The warden, who lives with his remaining child, an unmarried younger daughter Eleanor, performs his duties conscientiously. The story concerns the impact upon Harding and his circle when a zealous young reformer, John Bold, launches a campaign to expose the disparity in the apportionment of the charity's income between its object, the bedesmen, and its officer, Mr Harding. John Bold embarks on this campaign out of a spirit of public duty despite his romantic involvement with Eleanor and previously cordial relations with Mr Harding.

The first of Anthony Trollope's works to receive widespread popular and critical acclaim, The Warden follows the career of Septimus Harding, the warden of an almshouse -- an early form of subsidized housing for the poor -- who is forced to adapt to looming social changes when a zealous young reformer comes on the scene. Confusion, crossed wires, and much hilarity ensue. A must-read for fans of witty social satire.