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Phineas Finn the Irish Member

by Anthony TROLLOPE (1815 - 1882)

Ch 20: The Debate on the Ballot

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

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Listen next episodes of Phineas Finn the Irish Member:
Ch 21: "Do be punctual" , Ch 22: Lady Baldock at Home; Ch 23: Sunday in Grosvenor Place , Ch 24: The Willingford Bull , Ch 25: Mr. Turnbull's Carriage Stops the Way , Ch 26: "The First Speech" , Ch 27: Phineas Discussed , Ch 28: The Second Reading Is Carried , Ch 29: A Cabinet Meeting , Ch 30: Mr. Kennedy's Luck , Ch 31: Finn for Loughton , Ch 32: Lady Laura Kennedy's Headache , Ch 33: Mr. Slide's Grievance; Ch 34: Was He Honest? , Ch 35: Mr. Monk upon Reform , Ch 36:Phineas Finn Makes Progress , Ch 37: A Rough Encounter , Ch 38: The Duel , Ch 39: Lady Laura Is Told , Ch 40: Madame Max Goesler; Ch 41: Lord Fawn , Ch 42: Lady Baldock Does Not Send a Card to Phineas Finn; Ch 43: Promotion , Ch 44: Phineas and His Friends , Ch 45: Miss Effingham's Four Lovers , Ch 46: The Mousetrap; Ch 47: Mr. Mildmay's Bill , Ch 48: "The Duke" , Ch 49: The Duellists Meet , Ch 50: Again Successful , Ch 51: Troubles at Loughlinter , Ch 52: The First Blow , Ch 53: Showing How Phineas Bore the Blow; Ch 54: Consolation , Ch 55: Lord Chiltern at Saulsby , Ch 56: What the People in Marylebone Thought , Ch 57: The Top Brick of the Chimney , Ch 58: Rara Avis in Terris , Ch 59: The Earl's Wrath , Ch 60: Madame Goesler's Politics , Ch 61: Another Duel , Ch 62: The Letter That Was Sent to Brighton , Ch 63: Showing How the Duke Stood His Ground , Ch 64: The Horns , Ch 65: The Cabinet Minister at Killaloe , Ch 66: Victrix , Ch 67: Job's Comforters , Ch 68: The Joint Attack , Ch 69: The Temptress , Ch 70: The Prime Minister's House; Ch 71: Comparing Notes , Ch 72: Madame Goesler's Generosity , Ch 73: Amantium Irae , Ch 74: The Beginning of the End , Ch 75: P. P. C. , Ch 76: Conclusion