# The Warden

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- Book: [The Warden](https://www.bookquiver.com/anthony-trollope/the-warden) ([The Warden.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/anthony-trollope/the-warden.md))
- Authors: [Anthony Trollope](https://www.bookquiver.com/anthony-trollope)
- Publisher: penguin_classics
- ISBN: 978-01-4043-214-5
- Pages: 256
- Published: 2004-01-29
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

The tranquil atmosphere of the cathedral town of Barchester is shattered when a scandal breaks concerning the financial affairs of a Church-run almshouse for elderly men. In the ensuing furore, Septimus Harding, the almshouse's well-meaning warden, finds himself pitted against his daughter's suitor Dr John Bold, a zealous local reformer. Matters are not improved when Harding's abrasive son-in law, Archdeacon Grantly, leaps into the fray to defend him against a campaign Bold begins in the national press. An affectionate and wittily satirical view of the workings of the Church of England, The Warden is also a subtle exploration of the rights and wrongs of moral crusades and, in its account of Harding's intensely felt personal drama, a moving depiction of the private impact of public affairs.