Romola

Author: George Eliot

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George Eliot's own favorite among her novels, this novel tells the story of Romola, the intelligent daughter of a blind scholar, who is falling in love with a man who is going to change her life and the politics of Florence in a way she doesn't like. Set in 15th century Florence, it is "a deep study of life in the city of Florence from an intellectual, artistic, religious, and social point of view". Summary by Stav Nisser and Wikipedia.

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00 - Introduction01 - The Shipwrecked Stranger02 - Breakfast for Love03 - The Barber's Shop04 - First Impressions05 - The Blind Scholar and his Daughter06 - Dawning Hopes07 - A Learned Squabble08 - A Face in the Crowd09 - A Man's Ransom10 - Under the Plane-Tree11 - Tito's Dilemma12 - The Prize is nearly grasped13 - The Shadow of Nemesis14 - The Peasants' Fair15 - The Dying Message16 - A Florentine Joke17 - Under the Loggia18 - The Portrait19 - The Old Man's Hope20 - The Day of the Betrothal21 - Florence expects a Guest22 - The Prisoners23 - After-Thoughts24 - Inside the Duomo25 - Outside the Duomo26 - The Garment of Fear27 - The Young Wife28 - The Painted Record29 - A Moment of Triumph30 - The Avenger's Secret31 - Fruit is Seed32 - A Revelation33 - Baldassarre makes an Acquaintance34 - No Place for Repentance35 - What Florence was thinking of36 - Ariadne discrowns herself37 - The Tabernacle Unlocked38 - The Black Marks become Magical39 - A Supper in the Rucellai Gardens40 - An Arresting Voice41 - Coming Back42 - Romola in her Place43 - The Unseen Madonna44 - The Visible Madonna45 - At the Barber's Shop46 - By a Street Lamp47 - Check48 - Counter-Check49 - The Pyramid of Vanities50 - Tessa Abroad and at Home51 - Monna Brigida's Conversion52 - A Prophetess53 - On San Miniato54 - The Evening and the Morning55 - Waiting56 - The Other Wife57 - Why Tito was Safe58 - A Final Understanding59 - Pleading60 - The Scaffold61 - Drifting Away62 - The Benediction63 - Ripening Schemes64 - The Prophet in his Cell65 - The Trial by Fire66 - A Masque of the Furies67 - Waiting by the River68 - Romola's waking69 - Homeward70 - Meeting Again71 - The Confession72 - The Last Silence73 - Epilogue

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