β Scribed by George Eliot
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
Two members of the British upper class are drawn togetherβand torn asunderβby their search for self in this "startling and unexpected novel" (A. S. Byatt).
As a true scion of the English gentry, Daniel Deronda has been raised with the expectation that he will take his rightful place in societyβdespite being possessed of a disquiet he cannot ignore. When he spies the beautiful Gwendolen Harleth, he senses a similarly dissatisfied soul in her. However, their shared discontent takes them in vastly different directions.
Upon discovering some unsettling possibilities about his own ancestry, Daniel is drawn into the world of Judaism and the discipline and spiritual growth it entails while Gwendolen fiercely desires to be freed from her oppressive marriage to noble Henleigh Mallinger Grandcourt and rectify mistakes from her past in order to live on her own terms. The two find their paths intertwined as they seek life outside of their...
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