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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... Felix Holt, Middlemarch and Daniel Deronda, as well as numerous essays, articles and reviews. George Eliot died in 1880, only a few months after marrying J.W. Cross, an old friend and admirer, who became her first biographer. She was ...
... Felix Holt, Middlemarch and Daniel Deronda, as well as numerous essays, articles and reviews. George Eliot died in 1880, only a few months after marrying J.W. Cross, an old friend and admirer, who became her first biographer. She was ...
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... has published widely on nineteenth-century language and literature, and is the author of 'Talking Proper': The Rise of Accent as Social Symbol (1995). GEORGE ELIOT Felix Holt, the Radical Edited by LYNDA MUGGLESTONE.
... has published widely on nineteenth-century language and literature, and is the author of 'Talking Proper': The Rise of Accent as Social Symbol (1995). GEORGE ELIOT Felix Holt, the Radical Edited by LYNDA MUGGLESTONE.
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... Bibliography A Note on the Text Emendations to the Text FELIX HOLT Appendix A The Legal Background to Felix Holt Appendix B Address to Working Men, by Felix Holt Notes INTRODUCTION 'The book is a perfect marvel. The time is.
... Bibliography A Note on the Text Emendations to the Text FELIX HOLT Appendix A The Legal Background to Felix Holt Appendix B Address to Working Men, by Felix Holt Notes INTRODUCTION 'The book is a perfect marvel. The time is.
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... Felix Holt. Begun in March 1865 and finally reaching completion on 31 May 1866, Eliot's sixth novel had taken fourteen months to write. 'Finished Felix Holt' states Eliot's Journal for this date, and her entries (and her letters) over ...
... Felix Holt. Begun in March 1865 and finally reaching completion on 31 May 1866, Eliot's sixth novel had taken fourteen months to write. 'Finished Felix Holt' states Eliot's Journal for this date, and her entries (and her letters) over ...
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... Felix Holt.1 First consulted in January 1866, he was to prove an enthusiastic and diligent recipient of Eliot's queries about the niceties of law which figure in both the inheritance plot and the trial scene of the novel. He willingly ...
... Felix Holt.1 First consulted in January 1866, he was to prove an enthusiastic and diligent recipient of Eliot's queries about the niceties of law which figure in both the inheritance plot and the trial scene of the novel. He willingly ...
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