Barchester Towers

In the provincial town of Barchester, where the cathedral has long been the center of public life, intense passions are boiling. The successor to the recently deceased beloved bishop has not been his son, Archdeacon Grantly, but an outsider — Dr. Proudie, whose excessively energetic wife has a habit of meddling in the affairs of both her husband and the cathedral clergy. Additional confusion is added by the sudden return from Italy of Dr. Stanhope and his beautiful daughters and wayward son...