Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley door pickup 10am - 7pm 3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611

  • Open Daily: 10am - 10pm
    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
Romola

Romola

Eliot, George
Barrett, Dorothea
Barrett, Dorothea

Paperback

Series: Penguin Classics

Classic FictionHistorical FictionLiterary Fiction

Publisher Price: $19.00

ISBN10: 0140434704
ISBN13: 9780140434705
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Published: Jan 1 1997
Pages: 688
Weight: 1.02
Height: 1.19 Width: 5.04 Depth: 7.82
Language: English
One of George Eliot's most ambitious and imaginative novels--the story of a young woman's intellectual and spiritual awakening in Renaissance Florence

Romola is set during the turbulent years following the expulsion of the powerful Medici family. At its heart is Romola, the devoted daughter of a blind scholar, married to the clever but ultimately treacherous Tito. Her husband's 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, Romola is a compelling portrayal of a Utopian heroine, played out against a turbulent historical backdrop.

In her introduction, Dorothea Barrett examines Eliot's life and literary career, and issues of gender, language and history. This edition also includes further reading, glossaries and notes.

Also from

Eliot, George

View All

Also in

Classic Fiction

View All