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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... keep the country up on its last legs as long as he can,' says Jack Lingon, summing up Harold's adoption of radical principles early in the novel. But it is of course through Harold's own agency that the far from metaphorical mob will ...
... keep the country up on its last legs as long as he can,' says Jack Lingon, summing up Harold's adoption of radical principles early in the novel. But it is of course through Harold's own agency that the far from metaphorical mob will ...
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... properly, don't change their views, but keep to the notions in which they have been brought up. It doesn't signify what they think – they are not called upon to judge or to act.' 5 sense Eliot's treatment of gender in her novels has often.
... properly, don't change their views, but keep to the notions in which they have been brought up. It doesn't signify what they think – they are not called upon to judge or to act.' 5 sense Eliot's treatment of gender in her novels has often.
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... keep their corn till prices had risen. The coach would be sure to overtake some of them on their way to their outlying fields or to the market-town, sitting heavily on their wellgroomed horses, or weighing down one side of an olive ...
... keep their corn till prices had risen. The coach would be sure to overtake some of them on their way to their outlying fields or to the market-town, sitting heavily on their wellgroomed horses, or weighing down one side of an olive ...
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... have got into the carpets and hangings.' 'I had no choice except moths or tenants who would pay rent,' said Mrs Transome. 'We have been too poor to keep me servants for uninhabited rooms.' 'What! you've been rather pinched,
... have got into the carpets and hangings.' 'I had no choice except moths or tenants who would pay rent,' said Mrs Transome. 'We have been too poor to keep me servants for uninhabited rooms.' 'What! you've been rather pinched,
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... keep it worth releasing. A park without fine timber is no better than a beauty without teeth and hair.' 'Bravo, mother!' said Harold, putting his hand on her shoulder. 'Ah, you've had to worry yourself about things that don't properly ...
... keep it worth releasing. A park without fine timber is no better than a beauty without teeth and hair.' 'Bravo, mother!' said Harold, putting his hand on her shoulder. 'Ah, you've had to worry yourself about things that don't properly ...
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