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In the fourth of the 'Palliser' stories, Trollope follows Phineas Finn's return to the dangerous world of Westminster politics. When his political rival is murdered, Phineas is thrown under suspicion and eventually finds himself standing trial at the Old Bailey. The situation is complicated by the presence of two women in his life his old flame Lady Laura, whose estranged husband is determined to destroy Phineas's reputation, and the wealthy and enimgatic widow, Madame Max.
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Phineas Redux Penguin Classics Anthony Trollope Gregg A Hecimovich 9780140437621 Books Reviews
- A. Trollope considered himself a conservative liberal, i.e. he sided with the Whigs against the Tories.
This novel of 1871, the fourth in the six volume Palliser series, is one of his most political ones insofar as AT takes sides in an issue. In many other books of his, he stays away from issues, on the sideline; his tales are about procedures and relations and morality.
The issue in question here is `disestablishment', what we call `separation of state and church' in modern times. Since Tudor times (more specifically Elizabethan times), the Anglican Church was `established' legally by drawing state guaranteed revenue from the population, a church tax. Catholics in Ireland were unhappy with that. In 1868, Gladstone, a liberal PM, `disestablished' the Anglican Church in Ireland.
Trollope, in support of this separation, twists the plot of this novel to a new and surprising direction he lets the Tories, rather than the Whigs propose disestablishment, and they do it for the whole kingdom, not just Ireland. In consequence, the liberals in parliament find themselves between a rock and a hard place do they support a measure introduced by the conservatives? The horror!
Or do they vote against their own convictions? Well, what are convictions anyway!?
Any similarity to partisanship in other countries' parliaments is purely accidental.
One of the little niceties of the Palliser series is the humorous way in which we watch Plantagenet Palliser, at times finance minister, later prime minister, fight for his pet project, the decimal coinage. This shows AT as a true prophet, a century ahead of time. It would take until 1971 for the UK to introduce a decimal currency!
Phineas Finn, whom we know and like from volume 2 of the sextet, returns from Dublin to London, to parliament and politics, after a 2 years hiatus. He gets involved in troubles in politics and some complications with love, plus a murder story.
But the main attraction for me is not the plot. Walking in leisurely pace through a Trollope is great fun, if only for the snippets of social wisdom dropping from the table.
In old age, a man may retire without repining, though it is often beyond the power even of the old man to do so. (Hmm).
Of all hatreds that the world produces, a wife's hatred for her husband, when she does hate him, is the strongest. (Not that I know that first hand, luckily.) - This is a reasonable version of the text. As usual for the low cost versions, there are no end-notes or commentary, so if you're not familiar with the period or Trollope's style of writing you may find yourself challenged (although the availability of your digital dictionary helps). The major drawback of this version is in the limited formatting. Trollope relies extensively on letters exchanged between characters and this version does not format the letters separately from the main text. As such, this version is OK for the general reader, but probably not the edition of choice for students or scholars.
- Excellent novel, book arrived in excellent condition
- Not as much fun as the other Palliser novels. But there is a good trial scene - good details about the court system of the time. I think there is one more novel in this series to go.
- This is a great Trollope classic!
- Phineas is a wonderful hero...
- When I read Book 2 of the Palliser series, Phineas Finn, I thought it was by far the most delightful Trollope novel I had ever encountered. So I was understandably looking forward to this direct sequel, Phineas Redux although I doubted it could be as enjoyable, as the book that came between them, The Eustace Diamonds, was rather unpleasant. I'm glad to say that Phineas Redux is a great book, perhaps even the best Trollope novel I have read (this is my thirteenth).
This book is really very different from Phineas Finn. It's much darker and contains dramatic elements not usually found in Trollope. Some parts of the book seem to fit Dostoevsky's novels quite well. But, rather strangely, the book is also very funny. I think Trollope's genius shone brightly here. Unfortunately though, you may have to read The Eustace Diamonds as two characters from that book play important roles in this one. - Trollope is my favorite writer. However, I was disappointed with this work. First, having a bad memory, I had forgotten much about Phineas and all the other characters from the previous works. I found it difficult from this standpoint, since I had forgotten so much of the background of all the characters.
Then, I found all the long, political scenes rather dull -- having no background in English politics and history. It became rather tedious whenever whole chapters were devoted to English politics and issues. So I skipped much of these scenes.
Nevertheless, despite these problems, I did finish the book. The relationship between Phineas and his women still held my attention.
And of course, Trollope, no matter what he writes of, seems always to make it interesting.
I would recommend tackling this work only if you have the background of his previous works clearly in mind.
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