Forever Learning Institute

Anthony Trollope declared, "A novel should give a picture of common life, enlivened by humour and sweetened by pathos." There is all that and more in the sixth of his Barsetshire Series, "The Last Chronicle of Barset." Here we'll find an infallible guide to the nuances of mid-Victorian society. The novel populates a whole shire in satisfying diversity and detail. Our first meeting, read chapter one.