Felix Holt: The Radical (Penguin Classics) - Softcover

Eliot, George

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140434356 ISBN 13: 9780140434354

Verlag: Penguin Classics, 1995

Inhaltsangabe

When 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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Mary Ann Evans (George Eliot) (1819-80) was a philosopher, journalist and translator before she became a novelist, her first stories being published in 1856. She led an unconventional life, co-editing the liberal journal Westminster Review for three years and living with the married man and philosopher George Henry Lewes. Her novels are among the greatest of the nineteenth century

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Penguin Classics
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1995
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0140434356
• ISBN 13: 9780140434354
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 592
• Herausgeber: Mugglestone Lynda
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