Phineas Finn the Irish Member
Author(s): Anthony Trollope
Genre(s): Romance, Suspense, Espionage, Political & Thrillers
Narrators: Laura Koskinen, Mil Nicholson, Lee Ann Howlett, Philippa, Andy, Pete Lutz, Simon Evers, Steven Proctor, Bob Sage, Ed Meade, Amanda Hindman, Maire Rhode, Anna Simon
Number of Chapters: 66
Length: 27 hours and 01 minute
Language: English
Phineas Finn is the sequel to “Can you Forgive Her?” and the second novel in Trollope’s Palliser series. The eponymous hero is a young Irishman who becomes a member of the English parliament. Trollope aspired to become an M.P. himself, and he ably describes the workings of the English political scene. There is also a love interest, as the somewhat inconstant Phineas courts three different women: his Irish sweetheart, Mary Flood Jones; Lady Laura Standish, the daughter of a prominent Whig politician; and a lovely heiress, Violet Effingham. (Summary by Karen Merline)
This is the second of Trollope’s six “Palliser” novels. LibriVox recordings of other novels in the series are available:
1-Can You Forgive Her?
2-Phineas Finn
3-The Eustace Diamonds
4-Phineas Redux
5-The Prime Minister
6-The Duke’s Children