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Palliser novels volume 4
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"The fourth of the Palliser novels brings the further adventures of Phineas Finn. After the death of his Irish wife, Phineas returns to London and to the House of Commons. But though drawn back apparently irresistibly, he never approaches politics with the zest of earlier days. Trollope describes a sad, almost sombre, progress toward maturity and self-wisdom."--Publisher.
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"In the third of the Palliser novels, the central figure is Lizzie Eustace - young, beautiful, and widowed. Her determination to hold onto a famous necklace in the face of legal harassment by brother-in-law's solicitor entangles her in a series of crimes - apparent and real - and contrived love affairs. Often considered the least political of the Palliser novels, it is highly revealing study of Victorian Britain, its colonial activities in Ireland,...
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'No-one probably, ever felt himself to be more alone in the world than our old friend, the Duke of Omnium, when the Duchess died.' Her death leaves to the Duke the care of his three wilful children and to the children the continuing social education of their father. The eldest, Lord Silverbridge, has been sent down from Oxford; Lord Gerald Palliser is doing indifferently well at Cambridge; and Lady Mary Palliser, the only daughter, is set on what...
4) Phineas Finn
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An adventurous Irishman sets out to find his fortune among proper English society in this classic novel from Anthony Trollope. Sent to London to become a lawyer, young Phineas Finn proves himself to be a disappointing student but truly gifted in the ways of charm, culture, and fine appearance. It is the discovery of these talents that ultimately leads him to what he believes is his true calling: English Parliament. Through sheer luck and pluck, dashing,...
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The Palliser family comes to the forefront in a classic novel of politics and propriety from the series that inspired the BBC serial The Pallisers. With the Whigs and Tories at a standstill in attempts to form a working government, a compromise is finally reached, and the hardworking-and hardheaded-Plantagenet Palliser is installed as prime minister. But even as he gets used to the power and privilege of the high office, Palliser slowly and distressingly...
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In the first of the six Palliser novels, Trollope inextricably binds together the issues of parliamentary election and marriage, or politics and privacy. The values and aspirations of the governing stratum of Victorian society are ruthlessly examined and none remains unscathed. But it is above all on the predicament of women that Trollope focuses. Trollope brings to life in compelling fashion the teeming world of Victorian society and politics."--Publisher....
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Palliser novels volume 2
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"The second of Palliser novels gives us the initial chapters of the life of Phineas Finn, the handsome Irish MP who grows to maturity as the novels progress. The product of a mixed marriage - his father being Roman Catholic and his mother Anglican - Phineas is something of an oddity in Ireland and a rarity on the English scene. At one level the novel is a chronicle of the rise of an obscure young man up the English political ladder but since Finn...
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