Framley Parsonage · Character
Dr. Grantly
The Archdeacon of Barchester, worldly, ambitious, and determined to see his daughter Griselda married into the highest rank available.
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Also known as Dr. Grantly, Archdeacon Grantly, Archdeacon
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Dr. Grantly is a churchman of large income and larger expectations, son of a bishop and father of a beautiful daughter he means to place well. He moves through the novel's clerical politics with shrewdness and a keen…
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- Financial and Political Entanglements
- Minor Social Climbers
- Extensive Supporting Cast
- Protagonist
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