Bøker av George Eliot

A man struggles with the extraordinary ability to read other¿s thoughts and predict the future. The Lifted Veil, by George Eliot, is one of the author¿s few entries into the supernatural realm. The story highlights extrasensory perception and how it can inadvertently taint one¿s view of people and the world.

This novel is written by English author George Eliot (Mary Anne Evans). This novel includes distinct, interesting stories with many characters. Issues include the status of women, the nature of marriage, idealism, self-interest, religion, hypocrisy, political reform, and education. Middlemarch originates in two unfinished pieces that Eliot worked on during 1869 and 1870. A passionate young women's search for a rewarding and meaningful life unfolds in Middlemarch, an English town taking its first steps towards modernization. From tradesmen to gentry, the provincial community's residents from a microcosm of political and social change during the 1830s. Rich in narrative irony and suspense, George Eliot's masterpiece will captivate readers of all ages.

George Eliot's most acclaimed work, Middlemarch displays the author at the peak of her powers, weaving multiple plotlines and a memorable collection of characters together to create a wide-ranging novel of remarkable insight. First appearing in 1871, Middlemarch is a historical novel set 42 years before its publication. Political and social concerns of the era are present but serve as background and contrast to four compelling plotlines focused on a set of unforgettable characters striving against circumstance, each other, and themselves. Powerful themes, religion, love, marriage, education, society's treatment of women and much more, are dealt with as fully fused elements of the story and integral parts of the lives of the characters. The author conveys a sweeping vision of small-town England in the Victorian era, the rich and the poor, the people of the countryside and the people of the city, while unspooling several interlocked storylines full of passion, uncertainty and suspense. Middlemarch received a mixed reaction upon its initial appearance, but has gained in standing among critics and general readers until it is now commonly considered one of the high points of 19th century fiction and even of English literature as a whole.With an eye-catching new cover, and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Middlemarch is both modern and readable.

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.'People glorify all sorts of bravery except the bravery they might show on behalf of their nearest neighbours.'An epic study of provincial life at a time when England was facing rapid industrialization and increasingly fluid social mobility, Eliot's depiction of the small community of Middlemarch weaves an intricate web of different characters disparate lives as they strive to adapt to the changing world around them. Eliot was one of the first of her female contemporaries to write a novel that dealt with real-life issues and complex yet ordinary human life.