Phineas Redux

Phineas Redux

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Title: Phineas Redux
Author: Anthony Trollope

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Language: English
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PHINEAS REDUX
by
Anthony Trollope
First published in serial form in the Graphic: An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper beginning in 1873 and in book form in 1873

CONTENTS
VOLUME I
I. Temptation II. Harrington Hall III. Gerard Maule IV. Tankerville V. Mr. Daubeny's Great Move VI. Phineas and His Old Friends VII. Coming Home from Hunting VIII. The Address IX. The Debate X. The Deserted Husband XI. The Truant Wife XII. K?nigstein XIII. "I have got the seat" XIV. Trumpeton Wood XV. "How well you knew!" XVI. Copperhouse Cross and Broughton Spinnies XVII. Madame Goesler's Story XVIII. Spooner of Spoon Hall XIX. Something Out of the Way XX. Phineas Again in London XXI. Mr. Maule, Senior XXII. "Purity of morals, Finn" XXIII. Macpherson's Hotel XXIV. Madame Goesler Is Sent For XXV. "I would do it now" XXVI. The Duke's Will XXVII. An Editor's Wrath XXVIII. The First Thunderbolt XXIX. The Spooner Correspondence XXX. Regrets XXXI. The Duke and Duchess in Town XXXII. The World Becomes Cold XXXIII. The Two Gladiators XXXIV. The Universe XXXV. Political Venom XXXVI. Seventy-Two XXXVII. The Conspiracy XXXVIII. Once Again in Portman Square XXXIX. Cagliostro XL. The Prime Minister is Hard Pressed
VOLUME II
XLI. "I hope I'm not distrusted" XLII. Boulogne XLIII. The Second Thunderbolt XLIV. The Browborough Trial XLV. Some Passages in the Life of Mr. Emilius XLVI. The Quarrel XLVII. What Came of the Quarrel XLVIII. Mr. Maule's Attempt XLIX. Showing What Mrs. Bunce Said to the Policeman L. What the Lords and Commons Said about the Murder LI. "You think it shameful" LII. Mr. Kennedy's Will LIII. None But the Brave Deserve the Fair LIV. The Duchess Takes Counsel LV. Phineas in Prison LVI. The Meager Family LVII. The Beginning of the Search for the Key and the Coat LVIII. The Two Dukes LIX. Mrs. Bonteen LX. Two Days Before the Trial LXI. The Beginning of the Trial LXII. Lord Fawn's Evidence LXIII. Mr. Chaffanbrass for the Defence LXIV. Confusion in the Court LXV. "I hate her!" LXVI. The Foreign Bludgeon LXVII. The Verdict LXVIII. Phineas after the Trial LXIX. The Duke's First Cousin LXX. "I will not go to Loughlinter" LXXI. Phineas Finn is Re-elected LXXII. The End of the Story of Mr. Emilius and Lady Eustace LXXIII. Phineas Finn Returns to His Duties LXXIV. At Matching LXXV. The Trumpeton Feud Is Settled LXXVI. Madame Goesler's Legacy LXXVII. Phineas Finn's Success LXXVIII. The Last Visit to Saulsby LXXIX. At Last--At Last LXXX. Conclusion

VOLUME I
CHAPTER I
Temptation
The circumstances of the general election of 18-- will be well remembered by all those who take an interest in the political matters of the country. There had been a coming in and a going out of Ministers previous to that,--somewhat rapid, very exciting, and, upon the whole, useful as showing the real feeling of the country upon sundry questions of public interest. Mr. Gresham had been Prime Minister of England, as representative of the Liberal party in politics. There had come to be a split among those who should have been his followers on the terribly vexed question of the Ballot. Then Mr. Daubeny for twelve months had sat upon the throne distributing the good things of the Crown amidst Conservative birdlings, with beaks wide open and craving maws, who certainly for some years previous had not received their share of State honours or State emoluments. And Mr. Daubeny was still so sitting, to the infinite dismay of the Liberals, every man of whom felt that his party was entitled by numerical strength to keep the management of the Government within its own hands.
Let a man be of what side he may in politics,--unless he be much more of a partisan than a patriot,--he will think it well that there should be some equity of division in the bestowal of crumbs of comfort. Can even any old Whig wish that every Lord Lieutenant of a county should be an old Whig? Can it be good for the administration of the law that none but Liberal lawyers should become Attorney-Generals, and from thence Chief Justices or Lords of Appeal? Should no Conservative Peer ever represent the majesty of England in India, in Canada, or at St. Petersburgh? So arguing, moderate Liberals had been glad to give Mr. Daubeny and his merry men a chance. Mr. Daubeny and his merry men had not neglected the chance given them.