Barchester Towers

by Anthony Trollope

"Barchester Towers" by Anthony Trollope is a novel published in 1857. When a beloved bishop dies, a power struggle erupts in the cathedral city of Barchester. The new evangelical Bishop Proudie arrives with his domineering wife and ambitious chaplain Mr. Slope, who schemes to marry the wealthy widow Eleanor Bold. Meanwhile, Archdeacon Grantly summons scholarly Mr. Arabin to fight against the intruders. Misunderstandings, romantic entanglements, and clerical conflicts collide at a fateful garden party where proposals, rejections, and revelations transform everyone's fate.