โ Scribed by Eliot, George
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First published in Blackwoodโs Magazine in 1859,The Lifted Veilis now one of George Eliotโs most widely read and critically discussed short stories. A dark fantasy drawing on contemporary scientific interest in the physiology of the brain, mesmerism, phrenology, and experiments in revification, it is Eliotโs anatomy of her own moral philosophy. Narrated by an egocentric, morbid young clairvoyant man, the story also explores fictionโs ability to offer insight into the self, as well as being a remarkable portrait of an artist whose visionary powers merely blight his life.
Published as a companion piece toThe Lifted Veil,Brother Jacobis by contrast Eliotโs literary homage to Thackeray, a satirical modern fable that draws telling parallels between eating and reading. With an illuminating introduction by Helen Small, this Oxford Worldโs Classics edition makes newly available two fascinating short stories which fully deserve to be read alongside Eliotโs novels.
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