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Totowa, N.J.: Barnes & Noble, 1980. This analysis of Gwendolen’s role describes her as the culmination of Eliot’s theory on women; she is Eliot’s most rebellious and egoistic heroine and ...
Daniel Deronda. George Eliot. Oxford University Press, 1984 - Fiction - 755 pages. Deronda, a high-minded young man searching for his path in life, finds himself drawn by a series of dramatic encounters into two contrasting worlds: the English country-house life of Gwendolen Harleth, a high-spirited beauty trapped in an oppressive marriage, and ...
Book 1, Chapter 1 Summary. Daniel Deronda visits a bar in Germany. There, he sees a young woman playing roulette. He is fascinated by her appearance and her gaze, but also repulsed. The young woman is Gwendolen Harleth. Though she enjoys a string of victories, she starts to lose after noticing Deronda watching her.
Daniel Deronda è un romanzo di George Eliot pubblicato la prima volta nel 1876. È l'ultimo romanzo completato dall'autrice ed è l'unico a essere ambientato nella società vittoriana a lei contemporanea. È insieme satira sociale e ricerca morale, con una presentazione positiva delle idee ebraiche proto-sioniste e cabalistiche, che ha reso controverso il giudizio finale su uno dei nomi più ...
Daniel Deronda Chapter 59 Summary. Back. More. Sir Hugo goes to Genoa. The narrator talks about the effect that the family's secrets have had on Daniel. When Daniel sees Sir Hugo, any anxiety or anger he might have had about their family secrets goes away; he is just really happy to see Sir Hugo. They talk about how Gwendolen's doing.
Summary. As Daniel Deronda opens, Gwendolen Harleth is poised at the roulette-table, prepared to throw away her family fortune. She is observed by Daniel Deronda, a young man groomed in the finest tradition of the English upper-classes. And while Gwendolen loses everything and becomes trapped in an oppressive marriage, Deronda's fortunes take a ...
Daniel Deronda shocked Victorian readers with its portrayal of the Jewish experience in British society, and remains a moving and epic portrayal of human passions. The Penguin English Library - 100 editions of the best fiction in English, from the eighteenth century and the very first novels to the beginning of the First World War.
