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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. ....mmmmm....odd little book, this. Unlike her other masterpieces, Silas Marner, Adam Bede and Mill on the Floss, Mary Anne Evans here delves into 15th Cent. Florentine history and, quote, puts her best blood, unquote, into this fault-filled work of art. Takes some getting used to but well worth the effort. (  ) JuandeBeret | Nov 15, 2009 |  1362 Romola, by George Eliot (read 25 Oct 1975) This was inspired by the reading of Haight's biography. Romola is not a superbly interesting book: particularly in the 3rd volume it drags. It is laid in the Florence of Savonarola. Tito comes to Florence, falls in love with and marries Romola, then grows away from her as his moral deficiences catch up with him. Savonarola is in the book and talks to Romola at times, etc., and his death on May 23, 1498, is the end of the book: Romola devotes herself to Tito's two children by Tessa. (  ) Schmerguls | Feb 13, 2009 | It is George Eliot's "most exotic and adventurous" novel. http://etext.library.adelaide.edu.au/... (  ) Xiangzhen | Sep 13, 2007 |  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0140434704, Paperback)One of George Eliot's most ambitious and imaginative novels, Romola is set in Renaissance Florence during the turbulent years following the expulsion of the powerful Medici family during which the zealous religious reformer Savonarola rose to control the city. At its heart is Romola, the devoted daughter of a blind scholar, married to the clever but ultimately treacherous Tito whose 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', the story of Romola's intellectual and spiritual awakening is a compelling portrayal of a Utopian heroine, played out against a turbulent historical backdrop.(retrieved from Amazon Wed, 06 Jan 2010 12:16:45 -0500) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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