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Framley Parsonage By Anthony Trollope
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I’ll be honest: Framley Parsonage was a re-read because I return to Trollope’s Barchester series every few years.
When I’m seeking the comfort of a good Austenesque love story within a richly imagined community of characters, Trollope is Jane Austen’s true heir. In this one, a clergyman gets in financial hot water and tries to hide the situation from his patroness Lady Lufton. Meanwhile Lady Lufton’s son falls for the clergyman’s younger sister.
The well-meaning Lady Lufton runs away with this book, in my opinion. I loved her character so much that I basically stole her for one of my…
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