★★★☆☆
The Warden is concerned with the unassuming Rev. Septimus Harding, who has for many years been the Warden of Hiram’s Hospital in the fictional town of Barchester. This “hospital” is what we would today probably call an aged-care or retirement home. It was established under the provisions of a will to look after the needs of old men too feeble to work any longer and unable to support themselves. Mr. Harding benefits financially from his position, though the duties are very slight.
A local doctor, though sweet on Mr. Harding’s daughter Eleanor, is nevertheless a keen reformer, zealous to overturn what he sees as corrupt patronage in the Church. He investigates the terms of Hiram’s will and concludes that the money intended for the benefit of the aged wool-carders is unfairly being consumed by the salary of the Warden. He proceeds to pursue this issue through the pages of a crusading journal, The Jupiter.
Though strongly defended by the Church authorities, including his son-in-law Archdeacon Grantly, Mr. Harding has long struggles with his conscience because of this imputation.
Det var min tur att välja bok i Faded Pages Book Club, och jag valde The Warden som jag påbörjat flera gånger men blivit distraherad ifrån otaliga gånger.
Jag trodde inte den skulle falla mig i smaken men det gjorde den med råge. Inledningen kändes lite trög för de kunde verkligen använda ord förr i tiden. Det är en karaktärsdriven bok och kan kort sammanfattas med uttrycket "bit inte den hand som föder dig". Mr Harding står för det goda med kyrkan medan hans svärson som vill göra karriär i kyrkan främst av allt.
Jag tycker om Trollope´s sätt att skriva. Visst är det "ordigt" men samtidigt väldigt bra utfört. Kommer fortsätta med serien.
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