The Warden
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Publisher Description
This DigiSync Book is a new audio / ebook format – read and listen separately or do both at the same time. High quality readings and performances synced word for word with classic texts. Simple to navigate, with numbered pages and easy book marking and searching.
The Warden, by Anthony Trollope, was recorded by Naxos Audio. This DigiSync Book edition was made by DigiSync Books Ltd.
The Warden is a compassionate portrait of the gentle, thoughtful warden and
precentor of Barchester Cathedral, Mr Septimus Harding. Harding lives an ordered, regular life in his protected religious environment. Then one day, a young reformer feels he has uncovered a mismanagement of funds and Harding is held to blame. The accusation comes as a shock not only to Harding himself but also to the cathedral community. It then comes to wider notice when the cause is taken up by a national newspaper.
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This first novel in Trollope s classic Chronicles of Barsetshire series pits reformer John Bold against Septimus Harding, the precentor of Barchester Cathedral and warden of Hiram s Hospital, an almshouse supported by a bequest to the local diocese. As Bold works to expose the fact that more of the charity s income goes to Harding than to its bedesmen, he begins to take a romantic interest in Harding s youngest daughter, Eleanor. In this audio edition, narrator David Shaw-Parker delivers a winning performance that keeps listeners engaged throughout. With a deep, accented voice Shaw-Parker brings this 19th-century novel to life. His timing and tone are spot-on and he creates distinct voices for the book s many characters.
