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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... wish-fulfilment in this context too brings surprising results; Esther does indeed see Felix Holt and Harold Transome side by side in the trial scene but, contrary to her earlier assumptions, it is the 'finished gentleman' who comes off ...
... wish-fulfilment in this context too brings surprising results; Esther does indeed see Felix Holt and Harold Transome side by side in the trial scene but, contrary to her earlier assumptions, it is the 'finished gentleman' who comes off ...
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... wishes to a life of middling delights ... where poetry was only literature, and the fine ideas had to be taken down from the shelves of the library when her husband's back was turned'. It is Felix who instead opens up the world of ideas ...
... wishes to a life of middling delights ... where poetry was only literature, and the fine ideas had to be taken down from the shelves of the library when her husband's back was turned'. It is Felix who instead opens up the world of ideas ...
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... wish-fulfiolment is disturbed by other perceptions which have little to do with such superficial attention: 'Ah, how chivalrous you are!' said Esther, as Harold, kneeling on one knee, held her silken netting-stirrup for her to put her ...
... wish-fulfiolment is disturbed by other perceptions which have little to do with such superficial attention: 'Ah, how chivalrous you are!' said Esther, as Harold, kneeling on one knee, held her silken netting-stirrup for her to put her ...
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... wish we could get quit of these but from the slow way the book has been dropping off during the last fortnight I fear we must consider the sale in three volumes as about over.' As the second edition of the novel came out in December ...
... wish we could get quit of these but from the slow way the book has been dropping off during the last fortnight I fear we must consider the sale in three volumes as about over.' As the second edition of the novel came out in December ...
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... wish to see; but she was master, had come of a high family, and had a spirit – you might see it in her eye and the way she sat her horse. Forty years ago, when she came into this country, they said she was a pictur'; but her family was ...
... wish to see; but she was master, had come of a high family, and had a spirit – you might see it in her eye and the way she sat her horse. Forty years ago, when she came into this country, they said she was a pictur'; but her family was ...
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