George Eliot Boeken

Nell is het verhaal van een volwassen vrouw die haar hele leven door haar moeder van de buitenwereld werd afgezonderd, verscholen in een hut in een bos. Als zij op een dag wordt ontdekt door de jonge arts Jerry Lovell, is ze doodsbang, treurend om haar zojuist gestorven moeder en... onverstaanbaar. Nell spreekt haar eigen taal en leeft in haar eigen wereld. Zonder aarzelen stort de wetenschappelijke wereld zich op de jonge vrouw, die wordt beschouwd als een uniek 'geval'. Nell wordt gebruikt als proefkonijn; diverse partijen strijden om haar, onder het mom deze hulpeloze vrouw te willen helpen... Maar Nell heeft geen hulp nodig: in haar onbedorvenheid beschikt zij over een spirituele kracht die ongekend is in onze 'beschaafde' wereld. Uiteindelijk is zij het die haar gaven schenkt en troost biedt...

An analysis of the life of an English provincial town during the time of social unrest prior to the Reform Bill of 1832 told through the lives of Dorothea Brooke and Dr Tertius Lydgate. This title includes a host of other paradigm characters who illuminate the condition of English life in the mid-nineteenth century.

The complete surviving journals of a renowned Victorian novelist provide a unique glimpse into the author's thoughts and experiences. This first publication of previously unpublished material offers readers an intimate understanding of the writer's creative process, personal reflections, and the societal context of the time. The journals reveal the complexities of the author's life, making this collection a valuable addition for scholars and fans alike.

3 masterpieces from one of the Victorian era's most brilliant and celebrated feminist novelists--George Eliot, ne Mary Ann Evans. Middlemarch, her most well-known work, paints a rich and varied portrait of English society. Eliot focuses especially on the idealistic Dorothea Brooke, a woman who, lacking a creative outlet of her own, dedicates herself to her husband's legacy. In Silas Marner, a tale filled with mystery and emotion, an embittered man retreats from the outside world, thinking only of work and money. Then his wealth is stolen from him-and a young foundling comes into his life and changes everything. Also included: the short story Amos Barton, which heralded Eliot's arrival as a writer when it was published in Blackwood's magazine in 1857.

Arthur's seduction of an innocent, young country girl results in remorse, suffering, and regret

The works collected in this volume provide an illuminating introduction to George Eliot's incisive views on religion, art and science, and the nature and purpose of fiction. Essays such as 'Evangelical Teaching' show her rejecting her earlier religious beliefs, while 'Woman in France' questions conventional ideas about female virtues and marriage, and 'Notes on Form in Art' sets out theories of idealism and realism that she developed further in Middlemarch and Daniel Deronda. It also includes selections from Eliot's translations of works by Strauss and Feuerbach that challenged many ideas about Christianity; excerpts from her poems; and reviews of writers such as Wollstonecraft, Goethe and Browning. Wonderfully rich in imagery and observations, these pieces reveal the intellectual development of this most challenging and rewarding of writers.

In Middlemarch, in the heart of England, Dorothea wants to change the world and Dr Lydgate hopes to make great scientific discoveries. But after disastrous marriages, they both lose control of their lives.Can they ever achieve their dreams?Middlemarch is generally considered to be one of the greatest novels in the English language.

Although the shortest of George Eliot's novels, Silas Marner is one of her most admired and loved works. It tells the sad story of the unjustly exiled Silas Marner - a handloom linen weaver of Raveloe in the agricultural heartland of England - and how he is restored to life by the unlikely means of the orphan child Eppie. Silas Marner is a tender and moving tale of sin and repentance set in a vanished rural world and holds the reader's attention until the last page as Eppie's bonds of affection for Silas are put to the test.

A beautiful young woman stands poised over the gambling tables in an expensive hotel. She is aware of, and resents, the gaze of an unusual young man, a stranger, who seems to judge her, and find her wanting. The encounter will change her life. The strange young man is Daniel Deronda, brought up with his own origins shrouded in mystery, searching for a compelling outlet for his singular talents and remarkable capacity for empathy. Deronda's destiny will change the lives of many.

The Sad Fortunes of the Rev. Amos Barton is the tale of a poor clergyman with a loving wife and too many children. Not until personal tragedy strikes does Amos recognize his own frailties, while his critical parishioners learn to appreciate him too late.