The Warden: The Final Chapters

Close Reads Podcast

Goldberry Studios

Arts, Books

4.4 • 823 Ratings

🗓️ 12 February 2024

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Welcome to our conversation on the concluding chapters of The Warden, in which the Close Reads team discusses whether this books ends in anti-climax, whether Trollope is actually poking more fun at Harding himself than it seems at first, the anti-Dickensian nature of the story, the book’s unique moral vision, and much more. Happy listening!

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0:00.0	Hey, I'm David Kern.
0:03.9	I'm Heidi White.
0:05.2	And I'm Sean Johnson.
0:06.5	And you were listening to Close Reads, a podcast for the Incurable Reader on which we are discussing Anthony Trollope's The Warden.
0:13.5	In particular, we are discussing the whole book, actually.
0:18.0	So it's not really in particular.
0:19.7	It's the conclusion of this conversation
0:22.0	minus the Q&A, which will be next week. Sean, how's it going? It's going well, David?
0:29.0	I got to know, you know, we're coming to the end of this conversation on this book. And Heidi and I
0:35.0	have been accused of being, and not necessarily wrongly,
0:39.2	so accused of being more negative about this book than you are.
0:42.8	Yeah.
0:43.3	So I want to ask you.
0:44.6	Yeah, that's just true.
0:46.0	That's not an accusation.
0:47.4	That's just true.
0:48.3	It has been pointed out, identified.
0:50.6	Yeah.
0:51.7	Right.
0:52.0	That, uh, named, uh, that, um, we've been more negative.
0:56.6	And so I, I want to ask you before I ask Heidi how she's doing.
0:59.8	Yeah.
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