Daniel Deronda by George Eliot

Daniel Deronda

By George Eliot

Panther Books, 1972, paperback

Very Good Condition, a little edge and shelf wear, a little rubbing and bumping to covers, no inscriptions, age toned pages, a little foxing on introductory pages (see photographs)

“Daniel Deronda was George Eliot’s last novel and ranks among the greatest of her works.  The story centres around two people – Gwendolen Harleth, independent, self-centred and embroiled in the anguish of a marriage to an arrogant, brutal husband, and Daniel Deronda, the noble-hearted and gentle man to whom she turns increasingly for help and guidance.  But Daniel too has his problems: he has to come to terms with the fact of his Jewish ancestry in a Victorian society which prefers not even to acknowledge the existence of a Jewish minority.  The shifting patterns in the relationship between Gwendolen and Daniel from the substance of this novel which displays all the intelligence, integrity and deep humanity that have ensured George Eliot’s works a perpetual place among the classics of English literature.”