Plot
Phineas Finn, a young Irishman just admitted
to the bar, was elected to Parliament from Loughshane through the support of his
father's old friend Lord Tulla. His genial
temperament soon won him many highly placed friends in
In Lady Laura's circle of friends, Violet
Effingham stood nearest to her, and when Phineas sought to marry her Lady Laura
was bitterly angry, not only because she considered that he was being untrue to
her, but that she wished Violet to marry Lord Chiltern. Violet did in fact love
him, but his violent temper and manner of life did not seem to insure her
happiness. When Lord Chiltern learned that Phineas was his rival, he challenged
him and a duel was fought in
Phineas, by taking a government post to enable
him to pay his way in
Mme. Max Goesler, a wealthy and charming widow,
interested herself in securing another seat for Phineas and, when he refused to
allow her to finance the cost of the election, offered to put him in possession
of her great fortune by their marriage. This he was too proud to accept and,
discouraged by the net result of his years in Parliament, returned to
GEROULD,
WINIFRED GREGORY;
A GUIDE TO TROLLOPE.
© 1948 Princeton University Press,
1976 renewed PUP
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