this, Kincaid has interpreted Trollope's novel as a reflection of his society whereby feminism was beginning to emerge. However, Moody disagrees with Kincaid's argument of Trollope inserting feminism in his novel, arguing that he is "profoundly against regarding women as having value individually". She comes to this judgment after noting how the female characters are either wives or mothers who possess some sort of usefulness and virtue. Moreover, Moody concludes that Trollope had written Lily Dale as a character who found peace and comfort in a small house with her uncle and mother. Were Trollope a true feminist, Moody argues that Lily Dale would have been illustrated to have found happiness through traveling or finding a new job. Connection to Trollope’s other novels While The Last Chronicle of Barset can be read as a stand-alone novel, this text is part of the Chronicles of Barsetshire series. This series has six novels that centre on the lives of the people in a small cathedral town situated in the fictional Barsetshire. Each novel continues the plot of the previous novel. The series revolves around the relationship between the rich and the poor and the sociopolitical laws of the Barsetshire society. The first novel, The Warden (1855) centres on the moral dilemmas of Reverend Septimus Harding and he appears again in the second novel, Barchester Towers. Moody takes note of Lily Dale's character development from The Small House at Allington (1864) to The Last Chronicle of Barset (1867). In the prior novel, Trollope had illustrated Lily Dale to be publicly humiliated and treated as an object. However, in the last novel, Lily firmly states to Johnny Eames, upon the occasion of his final marriage proposal, "I will not have myself planted out in the middle, for people to look at. What there is left would die soon." Moody suggests that this newfound confidence is evidence of her growth from a timid teenager to a prideful woman. Mazurowski points out Reverend Crawley's personality, arguing that Crawley's personality of being both prideful and a self pitying martyr has altered slightly across three novels - 'Framley Parsonage (1860), 'The Small House at Allington(1862) and The Last Chronicle of Barset (1867). In Trollope's Framley Parsonage, Mazurowski takes note of Crawley's prideful behaviour as Crawley often mocked his close friend, Arabin by insulting his horse and refusing to feast with him. Mazurowski argues that Crawley's prideful behaviour intensifies