Daniel Deronda

George Eliots last and most unconventional novel is considered by many to beher greatest. First published in installments in 187476 <strong>Daniel Deronda</stro... » 

George Eliots last and most unconventional novel is considered by many to beher greatest. First published in installments in 187476 Daniel Deronda is arichly imagined epic with a mysterious hero at its heart. Deronda a highminded young man searching for his path in life finds himself drawn by aseries of dramatic encounters into two contrasting worlds the English countryhouse life of Gwendolen Harleth a highspirited beauty trapped in anoppressive marriage and the very different lives of a poor Jewish girl Mirahand her family. As Deronda uncovers the longhidden secret of his ownparentage Eliots moving and suspenseful narrative opens up a world of Jewishexperience previously unknown to the Victorian novel. «