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Violence
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No violence
Language
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Victorian English; clean
Sexual Content
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No sexual content
Substance Use
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No substance use
Emotional Intensity
None
No psychological concerns; social comedy throughout
What this book is about
When the Bishop of Barchester dies, a power struggle erupts between the new bishop (dominated by his ambitious wife) and the cathedral's existing clergy. Trollope's 1857 comedy of ecclesiastical manners is warm, shrewd, and delightfully satirical about human vanity in clerical dress. Often considered his masterpiece.
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