Phineas Finn is an Irish MPA who is climbing the political ladder, largely through the assistance of his string of lovers. The questions he is forced to ask himself about honesty, independence, and
parliamentary democracy are questions still asked today.
Phineas Finn is the second of Anthony Trollope's six Palliser novels, which together comprise a large, coherent composition that captures the fashions, manners, and politics of two
decades of society in the high Victorian period. Trollope's unrivaled understanding of the institutions of mid–Victorian England and his sympathetic vision of human fallibility are informed by an
unobtrusive irony that shines in these stories.
Editorial Reviews
Editorial Reviews
“The polished excitement that animates [Vance’s] reading comes across richly and compels the listener’s attention.” —AudioFile
“This gracefully written work is perfectly read by [Vance], who successfully evokes the Victorian era.” —Booklist
“The central tension in Trollope’s novel Phineas Finn is between independence and service. The title character is an Irish outsider who comes into Parliament vowing to be true to his individual conscience…Finn has to either chart his own course or allow himself to be put in harness for the good of the common effort.” —New York Times
“Phineas Finn's engaging plot embraces matters as diverse as reform, the position of women, the Irish question, and the conflict between integrity and ambition...Trollope explores the realities of political life, and the clash between compromise and conviction, that is as topical today as it was in the 1860s.” —Oxford University Press
Anthony Trollope (1815–1882) grew up in London. He inherited his mother’s ambition to write and was famously disciplined in the development of his craft. His first novel was
published in 1847 while he was working in Ireland as a surveyor for the General Post Office. He wrote a series of books set in the English countryside as well as those set in the political life,
works that show great psychological penetration. One of his greatest strengths was his ability to re-create in his fiction his own vision of the social structures of Victorian England. The author
of forty-seven novels, he was one of the most prolific and respected English novelists of the Victorian era.
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Fiction/Classics
Publisher:
Blackstone Publishing
Publisher:
Blackstone Publishing
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Blackstone Publishing
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18
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ISBN:
9781441780669
ISBN:
9781441780652
ISBN:
9781441780676
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English
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