The Chronicles of Barsetshire audiobooks in order
Cathedral politics in an invented English county, and much funnier than that makes it sound. Trollope is interested in ambitious clergymen, and in what people talk themselves into.
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Anthony TrollopeNarrated by Timothy West · 6 booksPhoto: Unknown photographer · Public domain · cropped, via Wikimedia CommonsWhich order should you listen in?
Publication order. The Warden is short and works as a test drive — at 6 hrs 44 mins it is a fraction of the length of the ones that follow, so it costs very little to find out whether you like him. David Shaw-Parker's complete readings of all six are on sale as well as Timothy West's.
On screen: BBC and ITV series, 1982 and 2016. Every series here that has been adapted for the screen →
The Chronicles of Barsetshire in publication order
- 1
The Warden (1855)Sold as several recordings: which to buy - 2
Barchester Towers (1857)Read by Timothy West · 19h 6m unabridged - 3
Doctor Thorne (1858)Read by Timothy West · 20h 51m unabridged - 4
Framley Parsonage (1861)Read by Timothy West · 19h 39m unabridged - 5
The Small House at Allington (1864)Read by Timothy West · 23h 38m unabridged - 6
The Last Chronicle of Barset (1867)Read by Timothy West · 30h 27m unabridged
Which recording should you buy?
One book in this series is sold as more than one recording. Each comparison says which to buy and why: