Phineas Redux
33 hrs. 21 min.
Language
Russian
Author
Anthony Trollope
Author
Anthony Trollope
Narrator
Mikhail Roslyakov
Narrator
Mikhail Roslyakov
The “MediaKniga” studio presents an audiobook based on the text of a famous novel by one of the most popular writers and gifted novelists of Victorian England in the 19th century, Anthony Trollope — “Phineas Returns,” the fourth book in the well-known series “The Palliser Novels.”
The book is read by a popular theater actor and film actor — Mikhail Roslyakov.
“And Fin(n) was indeed asked.
The last time the reader saw him, Phineas Finn, having partly suffered shipwreck in his ambition, had left Parliament and life in London to take up a modest crown post in his homeland. After various upheavals, he managed to secure some financial stability and married his beloved girl. But his wife died, and he was once again alone in the world.
Like a warhorse living on pasture-at-the-wayside, he recalled the roar of battle and the sounds of trumpets. After five years spent amid the excitement of London society, life in Ireland seemed to him colorless, cold, and dull.
While he was still in London, he often told himself that all this had grown tedious and that he would prefer a quiet, provincial life. But now Dublin was his Thibet—and the fickle young man felt that he would not be happy unless he returned to Rome. Of course, he neighed like an old warhorse and, in his mind, was already crying “Hurrah!” to the sound of military trumpets when he received the following letter from Barrington Earle:
“Dear Finn,
Although these trifling circumstances no longer concern you directly, you have no doubt heard that all of us will be sent back to our constituencies, and that at the end of September there will be a general election. We are confident that we will retain a majority such as has never been seen before; but we have decided to strengthen it as far as possible and recruit all the good people we can. Are you not inclined to try your luck again? For nothing can compare with it.”
The book is read by a popular theater actor and film actor — Mikhail Roslyakov.
“And Fin(n) was indeed asked.
The last time the reader saw him, Phineas Finn, having partly suffered shipwreck in his ambition, had left Parliament and life in London to take up a modest crown post in his homeland. After various upheavals, he managed to secure some financial stability and married his beloved girl. But his wife died, and he was once again alone in the world.
Like a warhorse living on pasture-at-the-wayside, he recalled the roar of battle and the sounds of trumpets. After five years spent amid the excitement of London society, life in Ireland seemed to him colorless, cold, and dull.
While he was still in London, he often told himself that all this had grown tedious and that he would prefer a quiet, provincial life. But now Dublin was his Thibet—and the fickle young man felt that he would not be happy unless he returned to Rome. Of course, he neighed like an old warhorse and, in his mind, was already crying “Hurrah!” to the sound of military trumpets when he received the following letter from Barrington Earle:
“Dear Finn,
Although these trifling circumstances no longer concern you directly, you have no doubt heard that all of us will be sent back to our constituencies, and that at the end of September there will be a general election. We are confident that we will retain a majority such as has never been seen before; but we have decided to strengthen it as far as possible and recruit all the good people we can. Are you not inclined to try your luck again? For nothing can compare with it.”
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