"To compensate a little for the treachery and weakness of my memory, so extreme that it has happened to me more than once to pick up again, as recent and unknown to me, books which I had read carefully a few years before . . . I have adopted the habit for some time now of adding at the end of each book . . . the time I finished reading it and the judgment I have derived of it as a whole, so that this may represent to me at least the sense and general idea I had conceived of the author in reading it." (Montaigne, Book II, Essay 10 (publ. 1580))

Tuesday, November 15, 2005

The Warden (Anthony Trollope, 1855)

I keep running into references of Trollope being such a famous Victorian novelist, so I thought I would try one of his books. It didn't leave me rushing to try more, though I may do so at some point.

This book was the first of a set known as the "Baretshire" books - often revolving around the clergy. In this one, the application of Anglican church revenues is challenged by a do-gooder; the beneficiary of the revenue is conflicted; unexpected romance. Etc.
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