Felix Holt by George Eliot - ISBN: 9780140434354
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Love, class, and radical ideals clash in a Victorian election.

Felix Holt

The Radical

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    592 pages

  • Release Date

    25 May 1995

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Summary

When the young nobleman Harold Transome returns to England from the colonies with a self-made fortune, he scandalizes the town of Treby Magna with his decision to stand for Parliament as a Radical. But after the idealistic Felix Holt also returns to the town, the difference between Harold’s opportunistic values and Holt’s profound beliefs becomes apparent. Forthright, brusque and driven by a firm desire to educate the working-class, Felix is at first viewed with suspicion by many, including t…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780140434354
ISBN-10:0140434356
Author:George Eliot, Lynda Mugglestone
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint:Penguin Classics
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:592
Edition:140th
Release Date:25 May 1995
Weight:450g
Dimensions:200mm x 131mm x 36mm
Series:Penguin Classics
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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