# Romola (London 1863)

Romola is a historical novel set in 15th-century Florence. Originally serialised in Cornhill Magazine from 1862–1863, this version is the first book edition published in the UK by Smith, Elder & Co.
ROMOLA.
BY
GEORGE ELIOT,
AUTHOR OF "ADAM BEDE," "THE MILL ON THE FLOSS," "SILAS MARNER," AND "SCENES OF CLERICAL LIFE."
IN THREE VOLUMES.
CONTENTS
TO THE FIRST VOLUME.
| | | PAGE |
| | Proem | 1 |
| BOOK I. |||
| Chap. | | |
| I. | The Shipwrecked Stranger | 17 |
| II. | A Breakfast for Love | 40 |
| III. | The Barber's Shop | 48 |
| IV. | First Impressions | 67 |
| V. | The Blind Scholar and his Daughter | 73 |
| VI. | Dawning Hopes | 97 |
| VII. | A Learned Squabble | 124 |
| VIII. | A Face in the Crowd | 134 |
| IX. | A Man's Ransom | 156 |
| X. | Under the Plane-Tree | 169 |
| XI. | Tito's Dilemma | 189 |
| XII. | The Prize is nearly Grasped | 196 ​ |
| XIII. | The Shadow of Nemesis | 217 |
| XIV. | The Peasants' Fair | 229 |
| XV. | The Dying Message | 254 |
| XVI. | A Florentine Joke | 269 |
| XVII. | Under the Loggia | 292 |
| XVIII. | The Portrait | 303 |
| XIX. | The Old Man's Hope | 314 |
| XX. | The Day of the Betrothal | 321 |
CONTENTS
TO THE SECOND VOLUME.
BOOK II. :
| Chap. | | PAGE |
| I. | Florence expects a Guest | 1 |
| II. | The Prisoners | 14 |
| III. | After-Thoughts | 27 |
| IV. | Inside the Duomo | 33 |
| V. | Outside the Duomo | 44 |
| VI. | The Garment of Fear | 52 |
| VII. | The Young Wife | 61 |
| VIII. | The Painted Record | 79 |
| IX. | A Moment of Triumph | 88 |
| X. | The Avenger's Secret | 100 |
| XI. | Fruit is Seed | 116 |
| XII. | A Revelation | 125 |
| XIII. | Baldassarre makes an Acquaintance | 143 |
| XIV. | No Place for Repentance | 157 ​ |
| XV. | What Florence was Thinking of | 177 |
| XVI. | Ariadne Discrowns Herself | 184 |
| XVII. | The Tabernacle Unlocked | 202 |
| XVIII. | The Black Marks become Magical | 210 |
| XIX. | A Supper in the Rucellai Gardens | 221 |
| XX. | An Arresting Voice | 250 |
| XXI. | Coming Back | 265 |
| BOOK III. |||
| XXII. | Romola in her Place | 271 |
| XXIII. | The Unseen Madonna | 284 |
| XXIV. | The Visible Madonna | 295 |
| XXV. | At the Barber's Shop | 305 |
| XXVI. | By a Street Lamp | 320 |
CONTENTS
TO THE THIRD VOLUME.
BOOK III.—continued. :
| Chap. | | PAGE |
| I. | Check | 1 |
| II. | Counter-check | 7 |
| III. | The Pyramid of Vanities | 18 |
| IV. | Tessa Abroad and at Home | 28 |
| V. | Monna Brigida's Conversion | 46 |
| VI. | A Prophetess | 55 |
| VII. | On San Miniato | 67 |
| VIII. | The Evening and the Morning | 76 |
| IX. | Waiting | 82 |
| X. | The other Wife | 88 |
| XI. | Why Tito was Safe | 108 |
| XII. | A Final Understanding | 119 |
| XIII. | Pleading | 129 ​ |
| XIV. | The Scaffold | 145 |
| XV. | Drifting Away | 156 |
| XVI. | The Benediction | 164 |
| XVII. | Ripening Schemes | 172 |
| XVIII. | The Prophet in his Cell | 191 |
| XIX. | The Trial by Fire | 205 |
| XX. | A Masque of the Furies | 218 |
| XXI. | Waiting by the River | 226 |
| XXII. | Romola's Waking | 237 |
| XXIII. | Homeward | 253 |
| XXIV. | Meeting Again | 259 |
| XXV. | The Confession | 268 |
| XXVI. | The Last Silence | 280 |
| | Epilogue | 286 |
This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.
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