The Vicar Of Bullhampton

Anthony Trollope

• Publisher: Caelwick Press
• Year: 2026
• Topic: Literature
• eBook ISBN:
  9781036971175
• Subtopic: Classics
• Index: Literature

Frank Fenwick is in many ways a model clergyman. He takes seriously the cure of souls in his Wiltshire parish, extending to the material as well as spiritual well-being of his flock, while upholding his convictions without doctrinaire excess. But in his ministry, as well as his friendships, his good intentions embroil him in unwonted controversy. The poor miller's family is plunged into moral and legal difficulties, the romantic interest of his best friend—the local squire—is beset with obstacles, and conflict with the dissenting chapel deepens. And in each case "our vicar" has some degree of culpability. Anthony Trollope's interest in matters ecclesiastical is famously bound up with his Chronicles of Barsetshire novels. While the church setting in those books is prominent, the issues arising are mostly of a social nature, whereas in The Vicar of Bullhampton the conflicts and controversies are more overtly moral and theological. How should the moral status of the miller's wayward adult children be judged? Is it right that a young woman should be pressured to wed against her will and better judgment? Is it really the vicar's "broad church" sensibilities that incline him to seek peace with the local dissenting clergyman, or rather his enmity with the local Marquis who has gifted their new chapel? Unusually, Trollope provides a preface to this novel, judging that his treatment of the "fallen woman" subplot—revolving around Carry Brattle, the daughter of the thoroughly "pagan" but virtuous miller—could be criticized for being overly sympathetic. For this reason, the novel has become identified with this trope, although Trollope acknowledges in his autobiography that Carry was actually a relatively minor character. As Frank Fenwick is fond of repeating, however, "It is not easy to set crooked things straight." Yet he cannot seem to stop himself from repeatedly making the attempt. Through varied plot lines Trollope weaves his characteristic psychological insight, treating themes of loyalty and hypocrisy, constancy in love, and forgiveness and its lack. As Michael Sadlier commented, The Vicar of Bullhampton "has a sure title to enduring reputation," and shows that.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Table of Contents
• Chapitre 1
• Chapitre 2
• Bullhampton
• Flo’s Red Ball
• Sam Brattle
• There Is No One Else
• The Miller
• Brattle’s Mill
• The Miller’s Wife
• The Last Day
• Miss Marrable
• Crunch’em Can’t Be Had
• Don’t You Be Afeard About Me
• Bone’m And His Master
• Captain Marrable And His Father
• Cousinhood
• The Police At Fault
• Miss Lowther Asks For Advice
• The Marquis Of Trowbridge
• Blank Paper
• Sam Brattle Returns Home
• I have a jupiter of my own now.
• What Parson John Thinks About It
• What The Fenwicks Thought About It
• What Mr. Gilmore Thought About It
• The Rev. Henry Fitzackerley Chamberlaine
• Carry Brattle
• The Turnover Correspondence
• “I Never Shamed None Of Them.”
• Mrs. Brattle’s Journey
• The Bull At Loring
• The Aunt And The Uncle
• Mary Lowther Feels Her Way
• Mr. Gilmore’s Success
• Farewell
• Bullhampton News
• Mr. Puddleham’s New Chapel
• Sam Brattle Goes Off Again
• Female Martyrdom
• A Lover’s Madness
• The Three Honest Men
• Trotter’s Buildings
• Startup Farm
• Mr. Quickenham, Q.C
• Easter At Turnover Castle
• The Marrables Of Dunripple
• What Shall I Do With Myself?
• Mr. Jay Of Warminster
• Sam Brattle Is Wanted
• Mary Lowther Returns To Bullhampton
• Mary Lowther’s Doom
• Mary Lowther Inspects Her Future Home
• The Grinder And His Comrade
• Carry Brattle’s Journey
• The Fatted Calf
• Mr. Gilmore’s Rubies
• Glebe Land
• The Vicar’s Vengeance
• Oil is to be thrown upon the waters.
• Edith Brownlow’s Dream
• News From Dunripple
• Lord St. George Is Very Cunning
• Mary Lowther’s Treachery
• Up At The Privets
• The Miller Tells His Troubles
• If I Were Your Sister!
• Mary Lowther Leaves Bullhampton
• At The Mill
• Sir Gregory Marrable Has A Headache
• The Squire Is Very Obstinate
• The Trial
• The Fate Of The Puddlehamites
• The End Of Mary Lowther’s Story
• At Turnover Castle
• Conclusion