Felix Holt: The RadicalWhen the young nobleman Harold Transome returns to England from the colonies with a self-made fortune, he scandalizes the town of Treby Magna with his decision to stand for Parliament as a Radical. But after the idealistic Felix Holt also returns to the town, the difference between Harold's opportunistic values and Holt's profound beliefs becomes apparent. Forthright, brusque and driven by a firm desire to educate the working-class, Felix is at first viewed with suspicion by many, including the elegant but vain Esther Lyon, the daughter of the local clergyman. As she discovers, however, his blunt words conceal both passion and deep integrity. Soon the romantic and over-refined Esther finds herself overwhelmed by a heart-wrenching decision: whether to choose the wealthy Transome as a husband, or the impoverished but honest Felix Holt. |
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... Esther's chosen reading, while Esther herself comes to appreciate, and to understand, the heroism of the humble Rufus Lyon ('that little man's heart was heroic'), as well as gaining a new and clearer understanding of the fallibilities ...
... Esther's chosen reading, while Esther herself comes to appreciate, and to understand, the heroism of the humble Rufus Lyon ('that little man's heart was heroic'), as well as gaining a new and clearer understanding of the fallibilities ...
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... Esther's shifting viewpoints on the texts she once preferred but which, in the light of the 'inward revolution' she ... Esther Lyon comes at one point to see her life as a text: 'Esther found it impossible to read in these days; her life ...
... Esther's shifting viewpoints on the texts she once preferred but which, in the light of the 'inward revolution' she ... Esther Lyon comes at one point to see her life as a text: 'Esther found it impossible to read in these days; her life ...
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... Esther's early ideals of wishfulfilment run as she constructs herself as a lady manquée in Malthouse Yard with atta-of-roses and a satin work-basket, assiduously cultivating the 'refined' sensibilities which might indicate 'superiority ...
... Esther's early ideals of wishfulfilment run as she constructs herself as a lady manquée in Malthouse Yard with atta-of-roses and a satin work-basket, assiduously cultivating the 'refined' sensibilities which might indicate 'superiority ...
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... Esther had previously envisaged. Esther's indices of superiority originally seem firm, vested in her concern for 'social differences' which rest purely in notions of status, and a 'consciousness' which delights in the outward markers of ...
... Esther had previously envisaged. Esther's indices of superiority originally seem firm, vested in her concern for 'social differences' which rest purely in notions of status, and a 'consciousness' which delights in the outward markers of ...
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... Esther and Felix together), Esther is clear on this matter: Felix possesses 'the highest gentlemanliness, only it seems in him to be something deeper'. Conversely, while Harold Transome is endowed with the conventional outward markers ...
... Esther and Felix together), Esther is clear on this matter: Felix possesses 'the highest gentlemanliness, only it seems in him to be something deeper'. Conversely, while Harold Transome is endowed with the conventional outward markers ...
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