Romola
"Presents George Eliot's 1862 novel about Romola, a woman who, having grown up subservient to her scholar-father, and endured an unhappy marriage, has a passionate intellectual and spiritual awakening in Renaissance Florence." *** "One of George Eliot's most ambitious and im...
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| Sprache: | English |
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Penguin Books
2005
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| Ausgabe: | Reprinted with a new chronology and revised further reading |
| Schriftenreihe: | Penguin classics
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| Zusammenfassung: | "Presents George Eliot's 1862 novel about Romola, a woman who, having grown up subservient to her scholar-father, and endured an unhappy marriage, has a passionate intellectual and spiritual awakening in Renaissance Florence." *** "One of George Eliot's most ambitious and imaginative novels, 'Romola' is set in Renaissance Florence during the turbulent years following the expulsion of the powerful Medici family when the zealous reformer Savonarola rose to control the city. At its heart is Romola, the devoted daughter of a blind scholar, married to the clever but ultimately treacherous Tito. Her husband's duplicity in both love and politics threatens to destroy everything she values, forcing her to break away and find her own path in life. Described by Eliot as 'written with my best blood, ' the story of Romola's intellectual and spiritual awakening is a compelling portrayal of a Utopian heroine |
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| Beschreibung: | This edition published 1996 |
| Beschreibung: | xxxvii, 640 Seiten 20 cm |
| ISBN: | 0140434704 9780140434705 |