Phineas Finn (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

A young Irishman just elected to Parliament longs for Lady Laura, who has sacrificed her fortune to save her brother. However, Phineas decides maybe he should marry the Lady’s best friend, the heiress Violet Effingham—or, possibly he should return to the love of Mary Jones, his childhood sweetheart. This 1867-68 serial is the second novel of “The Pallisers.”