Phineas Finn

Written by Anthony Trollope

Narrated by David Shaw-Parker

Phineas Finn, a handsome young man of twenty-three, comes to England to make his fortune in parliamentary politics. However, despite all his aspirations, Finn is haunted by ethical questions as his personal convictions conflict with his duty towards his party. Loyalty versus honor, love versus money, and privacy versus prominence: our eponymous hero faces a variety of dilemmas as he navigates his way through the House of Commons.

The second installment of Trollope’s celebrated Palliser series, Phineas Finn is a delightful and humorous look at the complexity of human relationships and the politics surrounding the Second Reform Bill of the 1860s.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Naxos Audiobooks
• Release date: Jun 9, 2017
• ISBN: 9781781980613

Anthony Trollope

Anthony Trollope (1815-1882) was the third son of a barrister, who ruined his family by giving up the law for farming, and an industrious mother. After attending Winchester and Harrow, Trollope scraped into the General Post Office, London, in 1834, where he worked for seven years. In 1841 he was transferred to Ireland as a surveyor's clerk, and in 1844 married and settled at Clonmel. His first two novels were devoted to Irish life; his third, La Vendée, was historical. All were failures. After a distinguished career in the GPO, for which he invented the pillar box and travelled extensively abroad, Trollope resigned in 1867, earning his living from writing instead. He led an extensive social life, from which he drew material for his many social and political novels. The idea for The Warden (1855), the first of the six Barsetshire novels, came from a visit to Salisbury Close; with it came the characters whose fortunes were explored through the succeeding volumes, of which Doctor Thorne is the third.

Reviews for Phineas Finn

[brooke2thomason · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

The weaving of Trollope's pen through English and Irish society; as well as social class and reform during Victorian England. Following Phin through his 5 years in the House was itself a study in English history.

[F. LaMotte · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Another magnificent novel by the author who never disappoints, the most under-rated English novelist, Anthony Trollope.

[Andrew Davidson · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Wonderful narration. Great command of accents. So enjoyable. We'll done