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The Warden

The Warden

Trollope, Anthony

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General Fiction

ISBN10: 0244367809
ISBN13: 9780244367800
Publisher: Lulu Pr
Published: Feb 10 2018
Pages: 330
Weight: 0.87
Height: 0.69 Width: 5.83 Depth: 8.27
Language: English
The Warden is concerned with the unassuming Rev. Septimus Harding, who has for many years been the Warden of Hiram's Hospital in the fictional town of Barchester. This hospital is what we would today probably call an aged-care or retirement home. It was established under the provisions of a will to look after the needs of old men too feeble to work any longer and unable to support themselves. Mr. Harding benefits financially from his position, though the duties are very slight. A local doctor, though sweet on Mr. Harding's daughter Eleanor, is nevertheless a keen reformer, zealous to overturn what he sees as corrupt patronage in the Church. He investigates the terms of Hiram's will and concludes that the money intended for the benefit of the aged wool-carders is unfairly being consumed by the salary of the Warden. He proceeds to pursue this issue through the pages of a crusading journal, The Jupiter...

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