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Romola (1862–63) is a historical novel written by English author Mary Ann Evans under the pen name of George Eliot set in the fifteenth century. It is "a deep study of life in the city of Florence from an intellectual, artistic, religious, and social point of view". [1]
Romola, novel by George Eliot, first published in 1862–63 in The Cornhill Magazine. The book was published in three volumes in 1863. Set in Florence at the end of the 15th century and scrupulously researched, the novel weaves into its plot the career of the reformer Girolamo Savonarola and the.
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.
Jun 17, 2017 · Romola (1862– 63) is today perhaps the least known, and thus, the least read of George Eliot‘s novels. Yet in her lifetime it enjoyed much critical acclaim, though it was not a favorite of readers even back then.
Complete summary of George Eliot's Romola. eNotes plot summaries cover all the significant action of Romola.
May 15, 2011 · George Eliot's own favorite among her novels, this novel tells the story of Romola, the intelligent daughter of a blind scholar, who is falling in love with a man who is going to change her life and the politics of Florence in a way she doesn't like.
Dec 24, 2007 · Romola Credits: Nick Hodson Language: English: LoC Class: PR: Language and Literatures: English literature: Subject: Historical fiction Subject: Psychological fiction Subject: Domestic fiction Subject: Married women -- Fiction Subject: Savonarola, Girolamo, 1452-1498 -- Fiction Subject: Women -- Italy -- Florence -- Fiction Subject: Greeks -- Italy -- Florence -- Fiction Subject: Self-sacrifice -- Fiction Subject: Florence (Italy) -- Fiction Category: Text: EBook-No. 24020:
In 1863, Eliot published Romola. Set against the political intrigue of Florence, Italy, of the 1490's, the book chronicles the spiritual journey of a passionate young woman....
Jan 1, 1997 · 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...
Dec 16, 2022 · George Eliot’s historical romance of the Florentine Renaissance, Romola (1862–1863), marks a transition in Eliot’s career from her closely drawn early novels of the nineteenth-century English countryside to a monumental project of historical research and imagination that merges major historical figures and developments with invented ...
