Written by a Scottish critic in the last years of his life, this long essay examines the moral thought running through George Eliot’s fiction and poetry, from Adam Bede and Romola to The Spanish Gypsy, with its heroine Fedalma, and the duty, sympathy and renunciation at the heart of her characters.
A thoughtful appreciation from George Eliot’s own lifetime, for readers of Victorian fiction. Download the free EPUB.