Framley Parsonage

When Framley Parsonage appeared in 1860, its immediate popularity made Trollope's name and gained him the large reading public which he was never to lose.

The setting of the story was close to the hearts of many readers at the time who followed each installment in the Cornhill and learned about the intricate life of the professional and landed classes in Barsetshire.

The main figure in the novel is Mark Robarts, a young clergyman, who offends his patroness (Lady Lufton) and other upholders of...