Regarding the original of Mrs Proudie in Trollope’s Barchester novels. [A note from Kate Varney reads that Q D Leavis had been very interested in the differences and nuances within the church (eg Broad, Low, Sabbatarianism) in Trollope, the social implications, and the controversies and issues referred to which were evidently well known to contemporaries. She had consulted Professor Chadwick who then came to tea to discuss this.]