Romola
Romola by George Eliot, published by Random House Publishing Group on June 10, 2003, is a Modern Library edition featuring 656 pages in English. The novel is set in Florence during a period of significant political and religious upheaval in 1492, intertwining fictional characters with historical figures such as Savonarola, Machiavelli, and the Medicis. The story follows Romola, the virtuous daughter of a blind scholar, as she navigates her tumultuous marriage to Tito Melema, a charismatic Greek whose betrayals threaten her values and loved ones.
Readers will encounter a narrative that explores themes of history and human nature through Romola’s journey, deeply influenced by Savonarola’s teachings. As she grapples with her husband’s escalating deceit and the eventual collapse of her ideals, Romola’s path leads her to a profound act of self-sacrifice. This edition, rooted in the 1878 Cabinet Edition, offers a rich exploration of historical fiction and literary depth, inviting readers to reflect on the complexities of morality and personal conviction amidst societal turmoil.
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George Eliot’s Romola, writes Robert Kiely in his Introduction, embodies the author’s “wrestling with her own best theories of history and human nature as a creative experiment of the highest order.” Set in Florence in 1492, a time of great political and religious turmoil, Eliot’s novel blends vivid fictional characters with historical figures such as Savonarola, Machiavelli, and the Medicis. When Romola, the virtuous daughter of a blind scholar, marries Tito Melema, a charismatic young Greek, she is bound to a man whose escalating betrayals threaten to destroy all that she holds dear. Profoundly inspired by Savonarola’s teachings, then crushed by the religious leader’s ultimate failure, Romola finds her salvation in noble self-sacrifice. This Modern Library Paperback Classic is set from the 1878 Cabinet Edition.
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