{"product_id":"2940012080325","title":"BARCHESTER TOWERS","description":"TABLE OF CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI       Who will be the new Bishop?\u003cbr\u003eII      Hiram's Hospital, according to Act of Parliament\u003cbr\u003eIII     Dr and Mrs Proudie\u003cbr\u003eIV      The Bishop's Chaplain\u003cbr\u003eV       A Morning Visit\u003cbr\u003eVI      War\u003cbr\u003eVII     The Dean and Chapter take Counsel\u003cbr\u003eVIII    The Ex-Warden rejoices at his probable Return to the Hospital\u003cbr\u003eIX      The Stanhope Family\u003cbr\u003eX       Mrs Proudie's Reception--Commenced\u003cbr\u003eXI      Mrs Proudie's Reception--Concluded\u003cbr\u003eXII     Slope versus Harding\u003cbr\u003eXIII    The Rubbish Cart\u003cbr\u003eXIV     The New Champion\u003cbr\u003eXV      The Widow's Suitors\u003cbr\u003eXVI     Baby Worship\u003cbr\u003eXVII    Who shall be Cock of the Walk?\u003cbr\u003eXVIII   The Widow's Persecution\u003cbr\u003eXIX     Barchester by Moonlight\u003cbr\u003eXX      Mr Arabin\u003cbr\u003eXXI     St Ewold's Parsonage\u003cbr\u003eXXII    The Thornes of Ullathorne\u003cbr\u003eXXIII   Mr Arabin reads himself in at St Ewold's\u003cbr\u003eXXIV    Mr Slope manages matters very well at Puddingdale\u003cbr\u003eXXV     Fourteen Arguments in favour of Mr Quiverful's Claims\u003cbr\u003eXXVI    Mrs Proudie wrestles and gets a Fall\u003cbr\u003eXXVII   A Love Scene\u003cbr\u003eXXVIII  Mrs Bold is entertained by Dr and Mrs Grantly at Plumstead\u003cbr\u003eXXIX    A serious Interview\u003cbr\u003eXXX     Another Love Scene\u003cbr\u003eXXXI    The Bishop's Library\u003cbr\u003eXXXII   A New Candidate for Ecclesiastical Honours\u003cbr\u003eXXXIII  Mrs Proudie Victrix\u003cbr\u003eXXXIV   Oxford--The Master and Tutor of Lazarus\u003cbr\u003eXXXV    Miss Thorne's Fete Champetre\u003cbr\u003eXXXVI   Ullathorne Sports--Act I\u003cbr\u003eXXXVII  The Signora Neroni, the Countess De Courcy, and\u003cbr\u003e        Mrs Proudie meet each other at Ullathorne\u003cbr\u003eXXXVIII The Bishop sits down to Breakfast and the Dean dies\u003cbr\u003eXXXIX   The Lookalofts and the Greenacres\u003cbr\u003eXL      Ullathorne Sports--Act II\u003cbr\u003eXLI     Mrs Bold confides her Sorrow to her Friend Miss Stanhope\u003cbr\u003eXLII    Ullathorne Sports--Act III\u003cbr\u003eXLIII   Mrs and Mrs Quiverful are made happy.\u003cbr\u003e        Mr Slope is encouraged by the Press\u003cbr\u003eXLIV    Mrs Bold at Home\u003cbr\u003eXLV     The Stanhopes at Home\u003cbr\u003eXLVI    Mr Slope's parting Interview with the Signora\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXLVII   The Dean Elect\u003cbr\u003eXLVIII  Miss Thorne shows her Talent at Match-making\u003cbr\u003eXLIX    The Belzebub Colt\u003cbr\u003eL       The Archdeacon is satisfied with the State of Affairs\u003cbr\u003eLI      Mr Slope's Farewell to the Palace and its Inhabitants\u003cbr\u003eLII     The new Dean takes Possession of the Deanery,\u003cbr\u003e        and the New Warden of the Hospital\u003cbr\u003eLIII    Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWHO WILL BE THE NEW BISHOP?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the latter days of July in the year 185-, a most important\u003cbr\u003equestion was for ten days hourly asked in the cathedral city of\u003cbr\u003eBarchester, and answered every hour in various ways--Who was to be\u003cbr\u003ethe new Bishop?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe death of old Dr Grantly, who had for many years filled the\u003cbr\u003echair with meek authority, took place exactly as the ministry of\u003cbr\u003eLord - was going to give place to that Lord -. The illness of the\u003cbr\u003egood old man was long and lingering, and it became at last a matter\u003cbr\u003eof intense interest to those concerned whether the new appointment\u003cbr\u003eshould be made by a conservative or liberal government.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBishop Grantly died as he had lived, peaceably, slowly, without\u003cbr\u003epain and without excitement. The breath ebbed from him almost\u003cbr\u003eimperceptibly, and for a month before his death, it was a question\u003cbr\u003ewhether he was alive or dead.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA trying time was this for the archdeacon, for whom was designed\u003cbr\u003ethe reversion of his father's see by those who then had the giving\u003cbr\u003eaway of episcopal thrones. I would not be understood to say that\u003cbr\u003ethe prime minister had in so many words promised the bishopric to\u003cbr\u003eDr Grantly. He was too discreet a man for that. There is a proverb\u003cbr\u003ewith reference to the killing of cats, and those who know anything\u003cbr\u003eeither of high or low government places, will be well aware that a\u003cbr\u003epromise may be made without positive words, and that an expectant\u003cbr\u003emay be put into the highest state of encouragement, though the\u003cbr\u003egreat man on whose breath he hangs may have done no more than\u003cbr\u003ewhisper that 'Mr So-and-so is certainly a rising man.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSuch a whisper had been made, and was known by those who heard it\u003cbr\u003eto signify that the cures of the diocese of Barchester should not\u003cbr\u003ebe taken out of the hands of the archdeacon. The then prime\u003cbr\u003eminister was all in all at Oxford, and had lately passed a night at\u003cbr\u003ethe house of the master of Lazarus. Now the master of\u003cbr\u003eLazarus--which is, by the bye, in many respects the most\u003cbr\u003ecomfortable, as well as the richest college at Oxford,--was the\u003cbr\u003earchdeacon's most intimate friend and most trusted counsellor. On\u003cbr\u003ethe occasion of the prime minister's visit, Dr Grantly was of\u003cbr\u003ecourse present, and the meeting was very gracious. On the following\u003cbr\u003emorning Dr Gwynne, the master, told the archdeacon that in his\u003cbr\u003eopinion the matter was settled.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47145273262320,"sku":"2940012080325","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940012080325_p0.jpg?v=1763552428","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940012080325","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}