Phineas Redux
1874
Phineas Redux, published in 1874 by Anthony Trollope, is the fourth novel in the 'Palliser' series, continuing the story of Phineas Finn. The narrative follows Finn's return to the tumultuous world of Westminster politics, where he faces personal loss and political intrigue after his rival is murdered, leading to his trial at the Old Bailey. The novel examines themes of ambition, loyalty, and the tension between personal desires and public responsibilities amidst the shifting political landscape of 19th-century England.
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“It is no good any longer having any opinion upon anything...””
— Anthony Trollope
“But she knew this,”
— Anthony Trollope
“But then the pastors and men of God can only be human,--cannot altogether be men of God; and so they have oppressed us, and burned us, and tortured us, and hence come to love palaces, and fine linen, and purple, and, alas, sometimes, mere luxury and idleness.””
— Anthony Trollope
“I have passed the period of a woman's life when as a woman she is loved; but I have have not outlived the power of loving.””
— Anthony Trollope
“Though they were Liberals they were not democrats; nor yet infidels.””
— Anthony Trollope
“The fight has been going on since...dominion in this world has found itself capable of sustentation by the exercise of fear as to the world to come.””
— Anthony Trollope
“In former days the Earl had been a man quite capable of making himself disagreeable, and probably had not yet lost the power of doing so. Of all our capabilities this is the one which clings longest to us.””
— Anthony Trollope
“The rising in life of our familiar friends is, perhaps, the bitterest morsel of the bitter bread which we are called upon to eat in life.””
— Anthony Trollope
“It seemed, indeed, to Phineas that as Mrs. Low was buckled up in such triple armour that she feared nothing, she might have been less loud in expression her abhorrence of the enemies of the Church. If she feared nothing, why should she scream so loudly?””
— Anthony Trollope
