# 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: vintage_digital
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-14-4813-708-4
- Published: 2012-02-29
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: E-book

## Description

The first book in Anthony Trollope's Barchester Chronicles is a moving, insightful exploration of moral dilemmas fought in public and private. Mr Harding is a good man, the warden to an alms house which provides a peaceful home to twelve old men. The young and zealous John Bold is also a good man, but he believes he sees in Harding's comfortable existence an injustice which must be exposed. The law, the church and the self-righteous national press all have their say in the scandal that ensues, causing a crisis in the hearts and minds of many in the quiet country town of Barchester. ‘An affecting and delicate short novel’ Guardian