Daniel Deronda [electronic resource] / George Eliot.
Gwendolen Harleth gambles her happiness when she marries a sadistic aristocrat for his money. Beautiful, neurotic, and self-centred, Gwendolen is trapped in an increasingly destructive relationship, and only her chance encounter with the idealistic Deronda seems to offer the hope of a brighter future. Deronda is searching for a vocation, and in embracing the Jewish cause he finds one that is both visionary and life-changing. Damaged by their pasts, and alienated from the society around them, they must both discover the values that will give their lives meaning. George Eliot's powerful novel is set in a Britain whose ruling class is decadent and materialistic, its power likely to be threatened by a politically emergent Germany. The novel's exploration of sexuality, guilt, and the will to power anticipates later developments in fiction, and it's linking of the personal and the political in a context of social and economic crisis gives it special relevance to the dominant issues of the twenty-first century.
Electronic resources
Record details
- ISBN: 9781501929465
- ISBN: 1501929461
- Physical Description: 1 online resource (1 audio file (36hr., 51 min.)) : digital.
- Edition: Unabridged.
- Publisher: [United States] : Recorded Books, Inc., 2016.
- Distributor: Made available through hoopla
Content descriptions
- Restrictions on Access Note:
- Flex title available through hoopla.
- Participant or Performer Note:
- Read by Jill Tanner.
- System Details Note:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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- Subject:
- Literature > Fiction.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
Romance fiction.
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