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The Last Chronicle of Barset (Penguin Classics)
OK. Time to come clean. The original reason for me to read this book is that it is on THE LIST - the '1001 Books to Read Before You Die' list. But, it is the last book in a series of 6 titles and I was worried that I would not be able to follow the plot or be missing something, so I decided to read the entire series. Like so many other Victorian authors, Trollope can be verbose. Taking on the challenge of finishing the entire Barchester series meant reading 3414 pages or listening to over 119 hours of audiobooks. Now that's a commitment! I hesitantly started the first book of the series, The Warden and found that I liked it. It wasn't earth shattering, but the characters were quaint and even after reading this (relatively) short book, I had a picture in my mind of a charming English setting filled with believable characters and resolving some of life's day to day conflicts. I took a break from the story, but every few months, I would feel like picking up the another book in the series. By the time I had finished Book 3, I was hooked. I even watched a few of the TV serials made by the BBC - I just could not get enough of the characters and conflicts of this charming world. I both read and listened to this entire series. The narrator, Simon Vance, was absolutely amazing. And by the time I had finished listening to the last chapter - 119 hours later - I was really sad to see it end.
