Daniel Deronda
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- Paperback
896 pages
- Release Date
25 October 1995
Summary
George Eliot’s last novel is a richly textured portrait of British society and the Jewish experience within it.
As Daniel Deronda opens, Gwendolen Harleth is poised at the roulette-table, prepared to throw away her family fortune. She is observed by Daniel Deronda, a young man groomed in the finest tradition of the English upper-classes. And while Gwendolen loses everything and becomes trapped in an oppressive marriage, Deronda’s fortunes take a different turn. After a dramatic encoun…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140434279 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0140434275 |
| Author: | George Eliot, Terence Cave |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 896 |
| Edition: | 2nd |
| Release Date: | 25 October 1995 |
| Weight: | 608g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 129mm x 36mm |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
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” Daniel Deronda is a startling and unexpected novel … it is a cosmic myth, a world history, and a morality play.” - A. S. Byatt
“Daniel Deronda is a startling and unexpected novel … it is a cosmic myth, a world history, and a morality play.” —A. S. Byatt
About The Author
George Eliot
Mary Ann Evans (George Eliot) (1819-80) was a philosopher, journalist and translator before she became a novelist, her first stories being published in 1856. She led an unconventional life, co-editing the liberal journal Westminster Review for three years and living with the married man and philosopher George Henry Lewes. Her novels are among the greatest of the nineteenth century.
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