Daniel Deronda (Penguin Classics)
by George Eliot
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Author: George EliotEditor: Terence Cave
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1996-02-01
ISBN: 0140434275
Number of pages: 896
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Book Reviews of Daniel Deronda (Penguin Classics)
Book Review: A Positive View of Judaism by one of the Victorian era's greatest authors
Summary: 5 Stars
Daniel Deronda was the final novel authored by George Eliot
(1819-1881) whose real name was Mary Ann Evans. In this novel
Eliot tells the story of two intriguing fictional characters:
Gwendolyn Harleth-egocentric, spoiled and rich husband hunting
young lady noted for her beauty, wit and charm. Her marriage to
the older aristocrat Grandcourt proves disastrous. Gwendolyn
emerges at the end of this 800 page three-decker as a more
mature person eager to live and grow.
Daniel Deronda is a young man raised as an English Protestant
who has a mysterious past. During the novel he learns of his
Jewish blood; becomes a good friend of Mordecai the prophetic
voice of the Jewish hope for a homeland in the Middle East.
Daniel falls in love with Mordecai's singing sister Mirah.
The novel is slow moving. Today it would have undergone editing
to reduce its numerous pages. It is a work which is sympathetic
to the beginnings of Zionism and has a postive view of the Jews.
All of this in a nineteenth century society which was very Anti-
Semitic.
George Eliot is more interested in the human mind and its many
labyrinthal peregrinations from youth to maturity. She is a forerunner of writers like Henry James who explores what underlies the surface behavior of fictional characters.
Eliot did not have the widescope of Dickens nor the practical relation of cold facts as did Trollope. She did have a massive intellect who told serious stories for thinking adults.
She is one of my favorite writers who is well worth knowing.
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