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The Vicar of Bullhampton

By: Anthony Trollope
Narrated by: Peter Newcombe Joyce
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Summary

This comprehensive novel consists of three subplots which interlink to form the whole and supply a trio of targets at which Trollope aims his proselytising pen. The first treats on the courtship of a woman by a man whom she does not love and with whom she is not compatible. Mary Lowther will not accept such a marriage of dishonesty. The second deals with the plight of a young woman who has fallen prey to the wiles of an evil seducer and subsequently adopts a life of prostitution. Trollope's argument was that the punishment for fornication was much harsher for women than men, although in most cases the latter were more to blame, and their victims were given no opportunity of returning to decent lives no matter how repentant they may have been.

The third subject to receive the benefit of the author's moral outrage is the hypocrisy and narrow vision of the landed gentry in the person of the Marquis of Trowbridge, who treats his tenants as serfs and whose social code appears to be 'might is right'. The common sense of the pragmatic protagonist, Frank Fenwick, apparently very like Trollope himself, is a joy to hear.

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Would you listen to The Vicar of Bullhampton again? Why?

I will definitely listen to this book again because it is a good story, well read.

Who was your favorite character and why?

I do not have a favourite character.

What about Peter Newcombe Joyce’s performance did you like?

His intonation was excellent with only one error in emphasis that I noticed. He performed the characters well, each with their own easily recognised voice. My only slight reservation is his tendancy to slightly slur his words and the appalling drawl with which he announces the chapters.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Given that this is a 22 hour long recording, it was too long for that.

Any additional comments?

I would highly recommend both author and narrator. I am very pleased with this purchase and would definitely buy more Trollope books read by this narrator. "He Knew He Was Right" could sorely use a good narrator, for instance.

Excellent story, very well narrated

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Not sure why this book is less well known as I enjoyed it very much.

Thoroughly enjoyed

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I have enjoyed most of the Trollope novels narrated by Timothy West and have listened to them several times. I did not find the narrator as engaging and there seemed to be a thinner plot line than some of the other novel

How I missed Timothy West

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How hard it is to be right. This is a veritable moral maze of a book - but not dry, heavy and intellectual - full of believable characters penned with all Trollope’s usual insight into why people do the things that they do. Marvellous.

Excellent

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slow start as per usual with A T but once story starts couldn't put it down, characters fascinating story intriguing, very satisfying ending

excellent book

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