Scenes de la vie du clerge

When Tito Melema meets Romola, the daughter of a blind scholar, he quickly makes it his goal to marry her. For her part, Romola is enchanted by Tito during their courtship, but soon after they marry, she discovers life with Tito is more difficult than she imagined. Set in fifteenth-century Florence, Romola is a delightful departure from English author George Eliot's typical depictions of nineteenth-century English society, and is notable for being Eliot's only work of historical fiction. Romola was Eliot's fourth novel and turned out to be one of her least commercially successful works. Despite this, many literary critics and historians have argued that Romola was Eliot's greatest novel. HarperPerennial Classics brings great works of literature to life in digital format, upholding the highest standards in ebook production and celebrating reading in all its forms. Look for more titles in the HarperPerennial Classics collection to build your digital library.

Romola

"Middlemarch" by George Eliot is a literary masterpiece that immerses readers in the tapestry of a small English town during the 19th century. This novel presents a rich and intricate exploration of human lives, ambitions, and societal dynamics.
The story interweaves the lives of various characters, notably Dorothea Brooke and Dr. Tertius Lydgate, as they navigate personal aspirations, love, and the challenges of their time. Dorothea, an intelligent and idealistic young woman, longs to make a meaningful impact in the world but finds herself constrained by the societal norms of her era.
Dr. Lydgate, on the other hand, arrives in Middlemarch with the ambition to revolutionize medical practices. As he becomes entwined in the town's social fabric, he faces the complexities of balancing professional dreams with personal relationships.
Eliot's eloquent prose delves into themes of marriage, politics, and personal growth against the backdrop of a changing society. The characters' individual journeys and interactions offer a profound exploration of human nature, highlighting the intricate interplay between personal desires and societal influences.
"Middlemarch" is a novel of substance, challenging readers to contemplate the choices that shape lives and the impact of community on individual paths. Eliot's portrayal of intricate relationships and vivid character development ensures that this classic work remains a timeless exploration of the human experience.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
George Eliot, the literary pseudonym of Mary Ann Evans, graced the 19th century with her brilliant prose and profound insights. Born in 1819 in Warwickshire, England, she defied conventions of her era by adopting a male pen name to gain recognition in a male-dominated literary world. Eliot's novels, like 'Middlemarch,' 'Silas Marner,' and 'Adam Bede,' unravel the complexities of human nature, social mores, and the pursuit of individual purpose. Her storytelling prowess crafted characters that mirrored the human condition, exposing vulnerabilities and aspirations. With her wit and intellect, she navigated themes of morality, self-discovery, and societal change, capturing hearts and minds across generations. George Eliot's legacy is etched in her eloquent narratives, a testament to her courage and indomitable spirit that broke literary boundaries and enriched the world of literature.

Middlemarch

Maggie Tulliver and her older brother Tom live a happy, sheltered childhood at Durlcote Mill on the River Floss. Though Maggie and Tom are drastically different-he is pragmatic and rational, while she longs for intellectual gains and worldly experiences-they share a strong bond that is strengthened as they are forced to deal with a great family debt, the loss of the mill, and the eventual death of their father. When Tom leaves to earn back the family's former estate, Maggie finally gains the freedom to experience life beyond the mill. But the relationships she cultivates in her new-found independence-those with men, in particular-complicate her connection with her brother and the two find it impossible to go back to their simple life at the mill on the Floss. Encompassing filial duty, female independence and the rigid morality of early nineteenth century England, The Mill on the Floss partially reflects the scandal created by author George Eliot's relationship with the already married George Henry Lewes. The Mill on the Floss has been adapted for the stage, film, and television, including the 1997 single-episode adaptation of the novel, with Emily Watson and Bernard Hill portraying the characters of Maggie and Mr. Tulliver. HarperPerennial Classics brings great works of literature to life in digital format, upholding the highest standards in ebook production and celebrating reading in all its forms. Look for more titles in the HarperPerennial Classics collection to build your digital library.

The Mill On The Floss

Depuis l'installation du tisserand Silas Marner dans la campagne anglaise, près du village de Raveloe, les langues vont bon train. Cet homme solitaire, venu de la ville, au regard étrange, aux transes soudaines, et qui passe ses journées devant un métier à tisser, suscite à la fois méfiance et fascination. 

Chaque soir, Silas Marner s'enferme et contemple avec ravissement le fruit de son travail, des pièces d'or et d'argent. Jusqu'au jour où ce beau trésor se volatilise et où Silas découvre, près de son feu, une fillette aux cheveux d'or. 

Tout en portant un regard très réaliste sur l'Angleterre rurale du XIXe siècle qui inspira les débuts de son ouvre, George Eliot, dans ce roman de 1861, écrit un véritable conte moral, où l'on voit un homme cheminer vers sa renaissance spirituelle.

Silas Marner - Le tisserand de Raveloe

Middlemarch

Silas Marner 

The Mill on the Floss

"Who that cares much to know the history of man, and how the mysterious mixture behaves under the varying experiments of Time, has not dwelt, at least briefly, on the life of Saint Theresa, has not smiled with some gentleness at the thought of the little girl walking forth one morning hand-in-hand with her still smaller brother, to go and seek martyrdom in the country of the Moors? Out they toddled from rugged Avila, wide-eyed and helpless-looking as two fawns, but with human hearts, already beating to a national idea; until domestic reality met them in the shape of uncles, and turned them back from their great resolve. That child-pilgrimage was a fit beginning. Theresa's passionate, ideal nature demanded an epic life: what were many-volumed romances of chivalry and the social conquests of a brilliant girl to her? Her flame quickly burned up that light fuel; and, fed from within, soared after some illimitable satisfaction, some object which would never justify weariness, which would reconcile self-despair with the rapturous consciousness of life beyond self. "

George Eliot Collection

Après avoir été trompé par son meilleur ami et accusé à tort de vol, le tisserand Silas Marner a quitté la ville et abandonné sa communauté religieuse pour s'établir dans la petite localité de Raveloe, dans la campagne anglaise.
Objet de suspicion en raison de son talent et de sa foi, il sombre dans la routine d'un travail solitaire. La rumeur court qu'il serait guérisseur, activité qui ne lui coûte rien. Devenu  misanthrope, Marner ne trouve de consolation que dans la contemplation nocturne de ses écus...
Quinze ans après, une nouvelle affaire défraie la chronique de Raveloe. Le fils d'une riche famille, Dunsey Cass, jeune homme dissolu, fait du chantage à son frère aîné, Godfrey. Celui-ci, amoureux de la vertueuse Nancy, préfère payer la rançon plutôt que de voir révéler son mariage avec l'opiomane Molly Farren.  Non content de cette mauvaise action, Dunsey se rend bientôt coupable du vol de l'or de Silas Marner. Mais Molly est décidée à faire éclater la vérité. Sur le chemin du bal du nouvel an chez les Cass, elle perd conscience. Et c'est sa fille, la petite Eppie, qui se rend jusqu'au cottage du vieux Marner pour quérir un remède...

Silas Marner

Taking place in the years leading up to the First Reform Bill of 1832, Middlemarch explores nearly every subject of concern to modern life: art, religion, science, politics, self, society, human relationships. Among her characters are some of the most remarkable portraits in English literature: Dorothea Brooke, the heroine, idealistic but naive; Rosamond Vincy, beautiful and egoistic: Edward Casaubon, the dry-as-dust scholar: Tertius Lydgate, the brilliant but morally-flawed physician: the passionate artist Will Ladislaw: and Fred Vincey and Mary Garth, childhood sweethearts whose charming courtship is one of the many humorous elements in the novel's rich comic vein.

The Lifted Veil's sickly narrator, Latimer, believes himself to be cursed with the ability to see the future and sense the thoughts and feelings of those around him. Disgusted by what he sees in the minds of others, he accepts that he will lead an unobtrusive life, constantly overshadowed by his more vigorous elder brother. That is, until he meets and becomes fascinated with Bertha, his brother's beautiful and coquettish fiancée. The Lifted Veil sits alongside works such as Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and Robert Louis Stevenson's The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde as a definitive piece of Victorian-era horror fiction, and was a departure for author George Eliot who generally focused on realism in her writing. Nonetheless, through The Lifted Veil Eliot proves skilled at incorporating the mysterious themes of the horror fiction genre into her distinctive writing style. HarperPerennialClassics brings great works of literature to life in digital form, upholding the highest standards in ebook production and celebrating reading in all its forms. Look for more titles in the HarperPerennial Classics collection to build your digital library.

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