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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... walk along a path which is indeed easy to the esh, but dangerous to the spirit'. 'Falsehood is so easy, truth so dicult,' wrote Eliot in Adam Bede,23 and certainly images of temptation surround the easy life which uncritical love might ...
... walk along a path which is indeed easy to the esh, but dangerous to the spirit'. 'Falsehood is so easy, truth so dicult,' wrote Eliot in Adam Bede,23 and certainly images of temptation surround the easy life which uncritical love might ...
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... walk, timed by the walk of grazing beasts, moved aside, as if unwillingly, throwing out a monosyllabic hint to his cattle; his glance, accustomed to rest on things very near the earth, seemed to lift itself with diculty to the coachman ...
... walk, timed by the walk of grazing beasts, moved aside, as if unwillingly, throwing out a monosyllabic hint to his cattle; his glance, accustomed to rest on things very near the earth, seemed to lift itself with diculty to the coachman ...
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... walking queerly with knees bent outward from squatting in the mine, going home to throw themselves down in their blackened annel and sleep through the daylight, then rise and spend much of their high wages at the ale-house with their ...
... walking queerly with knees bent outward from squatting in the mine, going home to throw themselves down in their blackened annel and sleep through the daylight, then rise and spend much of their high wages at the ale-house with their ...
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... walks, and over all the low mounds once carefully cut as black beds for the shrubs and larger plants. Many of the windows had the shutters closed, and under the grand Scotch fir that stooped towards one corner, the brown fir-needles of ...
... walks, and over all the low mounds once carefully cut as black beds for the shrubs and larger plants. Many of the windows had the shutters closed, and under the grand Scotch fir that stooped towards one corner, the brown fir-needles of ...
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... bell reached Mrs Transome's ear, and she knew that before long the sound of wheels must be within hearing; but she did not at once start up and walk to the entrance-door. She sat still, quivering and listening; her lips.
... bell reached Mrs Transome's ear, and she knew that before long the sound of wheels must be within hearing; but she did not at once start up and walk to the entrance-door. She sat still, quivering and listening; her lips.
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