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George Eliot's last, most controversial novel opens as the spoiled Gwendolen Harleth, poised at a roulette table about to throw away a small fortune, captivates Daniel Deronda. As their lives become intertwined, they are also transformed by suffering, misfortune, revelations and Daniel's fascination with the Jewish singer Mirah.Daniel Deronda shocked Victorian readers with its portrayal of the Jewish experience in British society, and remains a moving and epic portrayal of human passions.

Gentle linen weaver Silas Marner is wrongly accused of a heinous theft, and he exiles himself from the world-until he finds redemption and spiritual rebirth through his unselfish love for an abandoned child who mysteriously appears one day at his isolated cottage. Somber, yet hopeful, Eliot's realistic depiction of an irretrievable past, tempered with the magical elements of myth and fairy tale, remains timeless in its understanding of human nature and is beloved by every generation.

The author recreates her own childhood through the story of the gifted Maggie Tulliver and her spoilt, selfish brother. Though tragic in its outcome, this comic novel combines vivid images of family

Silas Marner es un hombre desdichado que, tras un desengaño amoroso y social, huye de su ciudad y se instala como tejedor en el pueblo de Raveloe, donde lleva una vida tranquila, aunque solitaria y desarraigada, dedicándose en cuerpo y alma a trabajar y acumular dinero. Un buen día sus ahorros desaparecen y, poco después, como si se tratara de un trueque del destino, aparece una niña abandonada a la que adopta. Los cuidados que le procura y su educación cambiarán su vida.Esta historia, admirada por Henry James, Virginia Wolf y la propia reina Victoria, fue considerada por la crítica como una verdadera obra maestra y recrea magistralmente tanto la Inglaterra rural de la época como los entresijos del corazón humano.

Falsely accused, cut off from his past, Silas the weaver is reduced to a spider-like existence, endlessly weaving his web and hoarding his gold. Meanwhile, Godfrey Cass, son of the squire, contracts a secret marriage. While the village celebrates Christmas and New Year, two apparently inexplicable events occur. Silas loses his gold and finds a child on his hearth. The imaginative control George Eliot displays as her narrative gradually reveals causes and connections has rarely been surpassed. This new edition, which is based on the carefully corrected text George Eliot prepared a few months after the first edition, is accompanied by an introduction which illuminates the intellectual context of what has often been presented as a nostalgic, sentimental tale. This 19th-century classic, read by Andrew Sachs, is a tale of betrayal, gold, and love, encased in the elegant symmetrical structure so popular in traditional English fiction, featuring Marner, the weaver, who is framed for theft by his best friend and becomes a recluse, focusing his strong affections only on the store of golden coins he receives in payment for his work. As usual, Chivers has produced an excellent audio presentation of a literary masterpiece. Alas, in this day and age fewer and fewer readers not enrolled in literature classes actually read the works of what are frequently referred to as 'dead white males' even if, as in this case, they were actually written by a woman. For this reason, this title is recommended for all academic but only larger public libraries.

El hombre tímido-Weber Silas es un misterioso Marner expósito liberado de su tribulación .- Una poética narrativa de los "buenos viejos tiempos" de Inglaterra, el George Eliot escenas humorísticas en los bares, las sociedades campesinas y emocionante los conflictos familiares a la vida. Podría ser como George Eliot literaria hermana menor, de Jane Austen y las hermanas Bronte describir los retratos tomadas de la gente común, pero sólo son Eliot ureigenster contribución.

George Eliot, eig. Mary Ann Evans, wurde 1819 in Arbury Farm/Warwickshire geboren und starb 1880 in London. Die Autorin ist eine der bedeutendsten Vertreterinnen des psychologisch-sozialen Romans.

Daniel Deronda es una de las novelas victorianas en la que la caracterización psicológica de los personajes llega sorprendentemente a las más altas cumbres de la literatura inglesa. Gwendolen Harleth es una chica muy hermosa y que cree poseer grandes cualidades, pues es muy cortejada por los jóvenes de su localidad. Pero a la vez es egoísta y malcriada por su madre, una viuda con cinco hijas. Gwendolen, la mayor, es admirada y venerada por todas ellas. Su destino cambiará cuando se encuentre con Daniel Deronda, un joven con una tendencia natural a ayudar a los demás, aún a costa de sí mismo, y que a pesar de vivir como un caballero con su tío aristocrático, vive atormentado en su interior por desconocer su verdadero origen. Gwendolen se da cuenta de su egoísmo y de su necesidad de cambiar al conocer a Deronda, y, gracias a sus consejos y al sufrimiento que experimenta, es capaz de llegar a comprender a los demás. Pero la aparición de una chica judía, salvada por Daniel poco antes de morir ahogada en el río, abre un triángulo amoroso que permite introducir en la novela como telón de fondo la causa del judaísmo, una religión despreciada por la sociedad inglesa de la época, que lucha por recuperar su antiguo esplendor. Jacinto Forment Traductor al castellano de Daniel Deronda

Combining humour, rich symbolism and pointed social criticism, this is an unsentimental, yet affectionate portrait of rural life. Its protagonist, a man wrongly accused and exiled is given a chance to achieve true happiness through his care of an orphaned girl.

If you loved Cranford and are having withdrawal symptoms then this is perfect. In fact, I believe better. Middlemarch is a beautiful novel which is one of my favourite books. It has everything you could wish for in a classic while still being a relevent, moving and often comical examination of what it is to be human.