George Eliot
1) Silas Marner
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"A man becomes a recluse when he's accused of a crime he did not commit Silas Marner is a skilled weaver working long hours in London for a Calvinist sect that does not appreciate him. When the congregation's funds are stolen, Silas is framed for the theft and excommunicated. Presumed guilty, abandoned by the love of his life, evicted from his modest home, and humiliated by the men he called his brothers, Silas wanders north to a small village in...
2) Middlemarch
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Peopling its landscape are Dorothea Brooke, a young idealist whose search for intellectual fulfillment leads her into a disastrous marriage to the pedantic scholar Casaubon; the charming but tactless Dr Lydgate, whose marriage to the spendthrift beauty Rosamund and pioneering medical methods threaten to undermine his career; and, the religious hypocrite Bulstrode, hiding scandalous crimes from his past.
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When the miller Mr Tulliver becomes entangled in lawsuits, he sets off a chain of events that will profoundly affect the lives of his family and bring his passionate daughter Maggie into conflict with her inflexible but adored brother Tom. As she grows older, Maggie's discovery of romantic love draws her once more into a struggle to reconcile familial and moral claims with her own desires.
4) Adam Bede
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Originally published in 1859, "Adam Bede" is the first novel by George Eliot, which was the pen name of Mary Ann Evans. Eliot was one of the leading British writers of the Victorian era, as well as a noted journalist, poet, and translator. "Adam Bede" concerns a small, tight-knit, and fictional rural community called Hayslope and the romantic drama that develops between four of its young residents: the title character Adam, a young carpenter, the...
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Deronda, a high-minded young man searching for his path in life, finds himself drawn by a series of dramatic encounters into two contrasting worlds: the English country-house life of Gwendolen Harleth, a high-spirited beauty trapped in an oppressive marriage, and the very different lives of a poor Jewish girl, Mirah, and her family. As Deronda uncovers the long-hidden secret of his own parentage, Eliot's moving and suspenseful narrative opens up a...
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"George Eliot's beloved masterpiece in a Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition with a foreword by Rebecca Mead, author of the bestselling memoir My Life in Middlemarch A triumph of realist fiction, George Eliot's Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life explores a fictional nineteenth-century Midlands town in the midst of sweeping change. The proposed Reform Bill, the new railroads, and scientific advances are threatening upheaval on every front. Against...
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Horror was my familiar.
Published the same year as her first novel, Adam Bede, this overlooked work displays the gifts for which George Eliot would become famous—gritty realism, psychological insight, and idealistic moralizing. It is unique from all her other writing, however, in that it represents the only time she ever used a first-person narrator, and it is the only time she wrote about the supernatural.
The tale...
Published the same year as her first novel, Adam Bede, this overlooked work displays the gifts for which George Eliot would become famous—gritty realism, psychological insight, and idealistic moralizing. It is unique from all her other writing, however, in that it represents the only time she ever used a first-person narrator, and it is the only time she wrote about the supernatural.
The tale...
8) Romola
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The celebrated Victorian author of Middlemarch explores the turbulent world of Florence during the Italian Renaissance in this sweeping historical novel.
Florence, 1492. Lorenzo de Medici has just died, leaving governance of the Florentine Republic to his son Piero, an unskilled ruler. Meanwhile, Tito Melema, a shipwrecked stranger, finds love with a young woman named Romola, the devoted daughter of a blind scholar. Though her...
Florence, 1492. Lorenzo de Medici has just died, leaving governance of the Florentine Republic to his son Piero, an unskilled ruler. Meanwhile, Tito Melema, a shipwrecked stranger, finds love with a young woman named Romola, the devoted daughter of a blind scholar. Though her...
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Three novellas that brilliantly portray English country and clergy life at the turn of the nineteenth century from the author of Middlemarch.
Initially appearing in Blackwood's Magazine, this trio of linked stories comprises George Eliot's first published work. Together they form a portrait of small-town life in Midlands, England, where changes are affecting both society at large and religious beliefs and institutions.
In "The Sad Fortunes...
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Felix Holt is an endearing but opinionated Radical, who returns to Treby Magna just as the wealthy landowner, Harold Transome, announces his bid for election. It marks the beginning of a tumultuous time as unethical players seek to undermine the voting process.
Treby Magna is a small English community that's home to Felix Holt and Harold Transome. Both men have returned after stints abroad with Harold eager to elevate his status in the political...
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"George Eliot: The Complete Works" is a literary treasure trove, encompassing the timeless brilliance of one of the Victorian era's most profound authors. Eliot's narratives resonate with universal truths, tackling love, ambition, and the perennial quest for meaning. This comprehensive anthology invites readers to navigate the human condition through the author's insightful gaze, exploring a world where characters come alive, societal norms are challenged,...
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Published in 1879, this is Eliot's last completed work, and perhaps her most underrated. It consists of a series of essays told by a nameless English bachelor. Though critics harshly judged the work as "ponderous and moralizing" when it was published, today's readers will recognize Eliot's keen intelligence, sharp wit, and intriguing insights in such essays as "A Too Deferential Man," "A Political Molecule," and "Only Temper."
13) Brother Jacob
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A sweet tooth can lead you into a whole lot of trouble. After years of working as a confectioner, David is desperate for a change of scene. So, he sets his sights on the West Indies. In order to finance the trip, he swindles money out of his brother Jacob and their mother. But the past has a funny way of coming back to bite you, as David discovers, when years later he and Jacob cross paths again. One of George Eliot's few novellas, "Brother Jacob"...
14) El velo alzado
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En El velo alzado hay un narrador que descubre algo anormal; en su caso, la habilidad para leer el futuro y también los pensamientos ajenos. Aunque claro: lo que al principio puede ser una maravilla, luego se vuelve una pesadilla. Eliot parece decirnos, en esta novelita, que necesitamos un velo para poder interactuar con los demás; de otra forma, todos seríamos como Latimer, a quien le repugna lo que ve en las mentes ajenas. (...) «Podía ver...
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Em "O Moinho à Beira do Rio Floss" Eliot recria um singelo mundo campestre, habitado por personagens imperfeitas que tentam viver num mundo cheio de expectativas. Entre estas personagens, constrangidas pelo socialmente aceite, surge a figura da impulsiva e arrebatada Maggie Tulliver, que aos olhos da nossa época é uma simples moça romântica, mas que, no pacato mundo banhado pelo rio Floss, é uma rebelde que ousa juntar aos quatro verbos que...
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First published in 1876, "Daniel Deronda" was George Eliot's final novel. Controversial in its time for its morally ambiguous characterizations and its sympathy for the proto-Zionist movement, the novel is regarded today as one of the great social satires of the Victorian era. The story begins with the meeting of Daniel Deronda and the beautiful but stubborn and selfish, Gwendolen Harleth, whom he witnesses loses all her money at a game of roulette....
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George Eliot's ‚ An English Dinner of Thanksgiving is excerpted from her 1859 novel‚ Adam Bede. In it, wealthy farmer Martin Poyser throws a feast at harvest-time for his assorted workers. Much beef is eaten and much ale is drank. Lusty toasting and singing ensues and the overall mood is one of thanksgiving for the blessings of an abundant harvest. A classic story that shows that while it is an American holiday, Thanksgiving dinner is a tradition...
18) Adam Bede
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Keine Ménage-à-trois steht im Mittelpunkt von George Eliots erstem Roman, sondern es sind gleich vier Personen, die in einen tragischen Liebesreigen verstrickt sind: Der bodenständige Zimmermann Adam Bede ist in die schöne, aber eigensüchtige Hetty Sorrel verliebt. Doch Hetty strebt nach Höherem als dem eintönigen Leben auf dem Land, und so verfällt sie dem jungen gutaussehenden Arthur Donnithorne, der eines Tages das Anwesen seines Großvaters...
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Das Leben ist nicht leicht für die ungestüme Maggie Tulliver, die ihren Bruder Tom verehrt und verzweifelt versucht, die Anerkennung ihrer Eltern zu gewinnen. Dennoch ist es eine unbeschwerte Kindheit, die sie in der idyllischen Umgebung der Dorlcoter Mühle verlebt – bis der Vater die Mühle verliert und Tom die Schulden der Familie begleichen muss. Zunehmend gerät Maggie zwischen die Fronten der vier Männer in ihrem Leben: des Vaters, ihres...
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George Eliot's influential novel Middlemarch is, according to its subtitle, a "study of provincial life." At its center are the beautiful and inquisitive Dorothea Brooke and the ambitious young doctor Tertius Lydgate, who both have to abandon their idealist views when faced with the reality of daily life. In the novel, Eliot depicts small-town life in the 1830s with its class system, rivalries, and social restrictions in minute detail. She beautifully...
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