Phineas Redux

Name: Phineas Redux
Brand: Blackstone Audiobooks
Availability: InStock
Author: Anthony Trollope
ISBN: 9781455129430

Author: Anthony Trollope

Narrator: Simon Vance

Unabridged: 23 hr 5 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Published: 03/15/2012

Categories: Fiction, Classic

Synopsis

His beloved wife having died in childbirth, Phineas Finn finds Irish society and his job as a poorhouse inspector dull and unsatisfying, particularly after the excitement of his former career as a Member of Parliament. Back in England, the Whigs are determined to overturn the Tory majority in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Since Finn had once been considered the most promising of the younger set, he is encouraged to run for office again. Bribery, romance, and murder are peppered throughout this Trollope novel. The fourth novel in the Palliser series,Phineas Reduxstands alone as a compelling work of political intrigue, personal crisis, and romantic jealousy.

About Anthony Trollope

Anthony Trollope (1815 - 1882) was one of the most successful English novelists during the Victorian era. Among his best-known works is a series of novels collectively known as the Chronicles of Barsetshire, but he also wrote novels on political, social, and gender issues as well as other topical matters.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Katie on June 29, 2019

An enjoyable read, though not my favourite Palliser. Funny and compelling, especially in the middle section, with usual wonderful Trollope writing and insight - though the ending was perhaps not precisely what I wanted!......more

Goodreads review by Buck on November 17, 2016

A guest on some podcast I was half-listening to the other day brought me up short with this arresting prophecy: “I feel like 2016 is that moment just before an earthquake when dogs are barking like crazy, rats are fleeing the cities and gerbils are eating their young.” I may be paraphrasing slightly......more

Goodreads review by Nigeyb on December 11, 2023

After reading, and loving, Can You Forgive Her? (1865) (Palliser #1) in July 2023, I started working my way through the Palliser series. After the slight detour of The Eustace Diamonds (1873), we are back with Phineas Finn who we first met in the the second book, Phineas Finn (1869). Phineas Redux (......more

Goodreads review by David on September 17, 2011

You shouldn't read Trollope for suspense. But with the other books I enjoyed being as concerned as the characters about the silly bullshit of their privileged lives. Will Phineas be made an Under-Secretary of State at the Colonial Office? Will Madame Max marry the Duke of Palliser? Who is Lizzie Eus......more