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As Halperin argues, Phineas Redux ‘reads well even without Phineas Finn in mind’.1 This is correct; however, the novel also functions as the double of Phineas Finn, mirroring its plot in darker shades. In this sequel we see a change in Finn’s manner. His initiation into violent and outmoded methods of conflict resolution such as duelling leads to a change of character. While Finn remains tenaciously moral in his political convictions, his aggressive actions almost result in the loss of his right to participate in the political world.
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Notes
Charles Dickens, Great Expectations (London: Everyman, 1994), p. 318.
Joseph Kestner, Sherlock’s Men: Masculinity, Conan Doyle, and Cultural History (Aldershot: Ashgate, 1997), p. 48.
Shirley Letwin, The Gentleman in Trollope: Individuality and Moral Conduct (Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1982), p. 258.
This information on truncheons was gleaned from Martin Fido and Keith Skinner, The Official Encyclopedia of Scotland Yard (London: Virgin Books, 1999), p. 271.
Henry W. Holland, ‘Professional Thieves’, Cornhill Magazine, 6 (1862), 640–53 (p. 646). See also Holland, ‘Science of Housebreaking and Housebreaking’, Cornhill Magazine, 7 (1863), 79–92, p. 82.
Fergus Hume, The Mystery of a Hansom Cab (London: The Hansom Cab Publishing Company, 1888) pp. 144–8.
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Godfrey, E. (2011). Phineas Redux. In: Masculinity, Crime and Self-Defence in Victorian Literature. Crime Files Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230294998_7
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