num_pages: 899
description: George Eliot’s last novel, published in 1876, weaves together two stories, one about Gwendolen Harleth, the spoilt beauty who marries for money, the other concerning the mysterious hero of the title whose search for his true destiny leads him towards Zionism. All Eliot’s great themes – moral choice, the role of chance, the interaction of characters with their environment – are worked out with her incomparable power, and many readers have agreed with F. R. Leavis that the first section of the novel is the greatest achievement in English fiction.
language: English
title: Daniel Deronda
titlecomplete: Daniel Deronda
characters: Daniel Deronda, Gwendolen Harleth, Mirah Lapidoth, Sir Hugo Mallinger, Henleigh Mallinger Grandcourt
genres: Jewish, Historical Fiction, Novels, Literature, Victorian, Classics, British Literature, Romance, Fiction, 19th Century
ratings_count: 25387
places: England
publisher: Everyman Publishers plc