Romola

Description

One of George Eliot’s most ambitious and imaginative novels–the story of a young woman’s intellectual and spiritual awakening in Renaissance Florence

Romola is set during the turbulent years following the expulsion of the powerful Medici family. At its heart is Romola, the devoted daughter of a blind scholar, married to the clever but ultimately treacherous Tito. Her husband’s duplicity in both love and politics threatens to destroy everything she values, and she must break away to find her own path in life. Described by Eliot as “written with my best blood,” Romola is a compelling portrayal of a Utopian heroine, played out against a turbulent historical backdrop.

In her introduction, Dorothea Barrett examines Eliot’s life and literary career, and issues of gender, language and history. This edition also includes further reading, glossaries and notes.
Binding Type: Paperback
Contributors: George Eliot,Dorothea Barrett (Editor),Dorothea Barrett (Introduction by)
Published: 01/01/1997
Publisher: Penguin Classics
ISBN: 9780140434705
Pages: 688
Weight: 1.02lbs
Size: 1.19″ H x 7.82″ L x 5.04″ W

About the Author
George Eliot (1819-1880), is the author of Adam Bede (1859), The Mill on the Floss (1860), Silas Mariner (1861) and Middlemarch (1872). Dorothea Barrett received her PhD in Literature from Cambridge University (UK). She has been teaching for NYU in Florence since the Fall 2001 and offers “Postmodern Fiction: International Perspective” and “Survey of Modern Italian Literature”.