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Shaw-Parker inhabits the role of Trollope’s amiable narrator in this social drama of English village life as he companionably guides readers through the often-amusing perils of ecclesiastical politics. With a splendid mix of gleeful pomposity and heartfelt sympathy, he portrays the whimsical cast and their stories just as Trollope must have imagined them.

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• “Cranford” by Elizabeth Gaskell. Narrated by Nadia May. Blackstone Audio.
• “My Man Jeeves” by P. G. Wodehouse. Narrated by Jonathan Cecil. Blackstone Audio.
• “Pickwick Papers” by Charles Dickens. Read by David Timson. Naxos AudioBooks.