The Chronicles of Barsetshire. Book 3. The Framley Parsonage

«The Framley Parsonage» — the fourth book of «The Chronicles»; the reader will learn about the further fate of Dr. Thorn, Miss Dunstaebl and other beloved characters. So, the young clergyman Mark Robarts has everything one could wish for: a loving wife, financial prosperity, friendship with the landed gentry whose lands encompass his parish. Nature has gifted him with intelligence and charm. It would seem he should live and enjoy, but he desires more — to mix with aristocrats and members of parliament, to buy expensive horses, and to hunt with an elite society. Alas, aristocrats and members of parliament are not always decent, and acquaintance with them can easily lead to trouble...

Anthony Trollope — a British classic, whose contemporary popularity in the English-speaking world can only be compared to that of Jane Austen («Trollope kills me with his mastery,» wrote Lev Tolstoy in his diary), and «The Chronicles of Barsetshire» are justly considered one of his greatest achievements.