Phineas Finn

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Phineas Finn is a political novel by Anthony Trollope that follows the career and personal struggles of an ambitious young Irishman in Victorian British Parliament.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf novel
political novel
author Anthony Trollope
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
depictsInstitution British Parliament
House of Commons of the United Kingdom
surface form: House of Commons
firstPublicationCentury 19th century
firstPublicationMedium serialisation
focusesOn career of an Irish MP in Westminster
followedBy The Eustace Diamonds
follows Can You Forgive Her?
genre Victorian novel
political fiction
social novel
hasCharacter Lady Laura Standish
Lord Chiltern
Madame Max Goesler
Monk
surface form: Mr. Monk

Violet Effingham
hasSequel Phineas Redux
literaryForm prose
literaryMovement Victorian literature
literarySeriesNumber second Palliser novel
mainCharacter Phineas Finn self-link
narrativePerspective third-person narration
originalLanguage English
partOf Chronicles of Barsetshire
surface form: Chronicles of Barsetshire and Palliser universe
protagonistNationality Irish
protagonistOccupation Member of Parliament
publisher Virtue & Co.
series Palliser series
surface form: Palliser novels
settingLocation Ireland
London, England
surface form: London

United Kingdom
settingPeriod Victorian era
theme parliamentary politics
personal ambition
political reform
romantic relationships
social class

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Palliser family appearsIn Phineas Finn
Phineas Redux follows Phineas Finn
Palliser series hasPart Phineas Finn
Phineas Redux hasTitleCharacter Phineas Finn
Phineas Finn mainCharacter Phineas Finn self-link
Phineas Redux mainCharacter Phineas Finn
subject surface form: The Pallisers
Anthony Trollope notableWork Phineas Finn
The Eustace Diamonds precededBy Phineas Finn
Phineas Redux prequel Phineas Finn
The Prime Minister relatedWork Phineas Finn