Daniel Deronda
Recommended by Alex Carlile, and 1 others. See all reviewsRanked #66 in Victorian
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 different turn. After a dramatic encounter with Mirah, a young Jewish woman, he embarks on a search for her lost family and finds himself drawn into ever-deeper sympathies with Jewish aspirations and identity. 'I meant everything in the book to be... more
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Alex Carlile If you can find the time please read Daniel Deronda because it is part of the essential bibliography for life. (Source)
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