Framley Parsonage (version 2): Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Framley Parsonage (version 2), credited to Anthony Trollope, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of Framley Parsonage (version 2) by Anthony Trollope. Read in English by Nick Whitley. Framley Parsonage is the fourth novel in Anthony Trollope's series known as the Chronicles of Barsetshire. It was first published in serial form in the Cornhill Magazine in 1860, then in book form in 1861.The hero of Framley Parsonage, Mark Robarts, is a young vicar, settled in the village of Framley in Barsetshire with his wife and children. The living has come into his hands through Lady Lufton, the mother of his childhood friend Ludovic, Lord Lufton. Mark has ambitions to further his career and begins to seek connections in the county's high society. He is soon preyed upon by local Whig Member of Parliament Mr Sowerby to guarantee a substantial loan, which Mark in a moment of weakness agrees to do, even though he does not have the means and knows Sowerby to be a notorious debtor. The consequences of this blunder play a major role in the plot, Another plot line deals with the romance between Mark's sister Lucy and Lord Lufton. The couple are deeply in love and the young man proposes, but Lady Lufton is against the marriage. She would prefer that her son instead choose the coldly beautiful Griselda Grantly, daughter of Archdeacon Grantly, and fears that Lucy is too "insignificant" for such a high position. Lucy herself recognises the great gulf between their social positions and declines the proposal. When Lord Lufton persists, she agrees only on condition that Lady Lufton ask her to accept her son. The book ends with four marriages. Two of these involve the daughters of Bishop Proudie and Archdeacon Grantly. The rivalry between Mrs Proudie and Mrs Grantly over their matrimonial ambitions forms a significant comic subplot. The other marriage involves Doctor Thorne, the eponymous hero of the preceding novel in the series. A number of the other characters appear in other novels within the Chronicles of Barsetshire series. (Summary extracted from Wikipedia entry, spoilers removed)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Framley Parsonage (version 2)
• Author credits: Anthony Trollope
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 48
• Listed recording duration: 24:32:17

Opening tracks: first 24 of 48

1. 01 - Chapter I ''OMNES OMNIA BONA DICERE'' — 24:51
2. 02 - Chapter II The Framley Set, and the Chaldicotes Set — 30:15
3. 03 - Chapter III Chaldicotes — 35:00
4. 04 - Chapter IV A Matter of Conscience — 26:38
5. 05 - Chapter V Amantium Irae Amoris Integratio — 37:24
6. 06 - Mr. Harold Smith's Lecture — 29:17
7. 07 - Sunday Morning — 21:01
8. 08 - Gatherum Castle — 46:54
9. 09 - The Vicar's Return — 22:37
10. 10 - Lucy Robarts — 31:06
11. 11 - Griselda Grantly — 40:17
12. 12 - The Little Bill — 21:52
13. 13 - Delicate Hints — 28:57
14. 14 - Mr. Crawley of Hogglestock — 34:39
15. 15 - Lady Lufton's Ambassador — 25:15
16. 16 - Mrs. Podgens' Baby — 34:43
17. 17 - Mrs. Proudie's Conversazione — 33:18
18. 18 - The New Minister's Patronage — 26:44
19. 19 - Money Dealings — 37:02
20. 20 - Harold Smith in the Cabinet — 30:13
21. 21 - Why Puck, the Pony, Was Beaten — 27:08
22. 22 - Hogglestock Parsonage — 20:38
23. 23 - The Triumph of the Giants — 34:25
24. 24 - Magna Est Veritas — 38:05

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