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THE WARDEN

Earphones Award Winner

by | Read by Simon Vance

Classics • 7 hrs. • Unabridged • © 1955

The incomparable Simon Vance parses Anthony Trollope’s famously circumlocutory, phrase-filled style with aplomb in this first of the Barsetshire novels. In it, we follow Mr. Harding, the kindhearted warden of an old men’s poorhouse, who is caught between his ambitious, conservative son-in-law and a reform-minded young man who wants to become his second son-in-law. Trouble ensues when the hapless Mr. Harding tries to avoid unpleasantness by agreeing with everyone. Vance’s narrative skills help modern listeners hear the elegance of Trollope’s writing and understand the writer’s skewering wit. And his ability to create character-revealing accents, from the illiterate grumble of a local farmer to the nasal bray of a highborn clergyman, makes the nineteenth century live in our ears. A.C.S. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award, 2007 Audies Award Finalist © AudioFile 2007, Portland, Maine [Published: APR/ MAY 07]

Library Ed. • Blackstone Audio • 2005

CD ISBN 978-0-7861-7575-8 $55.00 • Six CDs

MP3-CD ISBN 0-7861-7850-7 $29.95 • One MP3-CDs

DD ISBN $23.07

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