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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. Its dense language has tested the patience of readers from the time of its publication. But the author herself said of it, “I ...
Romola: Directed by Henry King. With Lillian Gish, Dorothy Gish, William Powell, Ronald Colman. In Renaissance Florence, Tito, a no-good young man pretending to be a scholar, wins the admiration of a blind man who has long looked for someone to finish his scholarly work.
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. At its heart is Romola, the devoted daughter of a blind scholar, married to the ...
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 which the zealous religious reformer Savonarola rose to control the city.
Nov 26, 2019 · Romola is the fourth of Eliot’s full-length novels. It is set in Florence between the death of Lorenzo de Medici in April 1492 and the execution of Dominican friar Girolamo Savonarola for heresy in May 1498. Thus, it takes in the first turbulent years of a republican government under Savonarola after 60 years of autocratic government by the ...
Romola (1862-63) is a historical novel by George Eliot set in the fifteenth century, and is "a deep study of life in the city of Florence from an intellectual, artistic, religious, and social point of view." [citation needed] It first appeared in fourteen parts published in Cornhill Magazine from July 1862 to August 1863 .
George Henry Lewes (1854–1878) Mary Ann Evans (22 November 1819 – 22 December 1880; alternatively Mary Anne or Marian [1] [2] ), known by her pen name George Eliot, was an English novelist, poet, journalist, translator, and one of the leading writers of the Victorian era. [3] She wrote seven novels: Adam Bede (1859), The Mill on the Floss ...
