Daniel Deronda

Author

George Eliot

Call Number

• FICTION ELIO (OSH)

Publication Information

London ; New York : Penguin Books, 1995.

Physical Description

xl, 849 pages ; 20 cm

Summary

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 world of Jewish experience previously unknown to the Victorian novel.

Notes

First published 1876.