num_pages: 912
description: In this novel, Eliot set out to come to terms with the English Jews, a society-within-a-society which her contemporaries seemed to be either oblivious of, or to hold in contempt. In Gwendolen, the heroine, she uncovered a vein in human relations that could lead only to despair.
language: English
title: Daniel Deronda
titlecomplete: Daniel Deronda
characters: Gwendolen Harleth, Sir Hugo Mallinger, Henleigh Mallinger Grandcourt, Mirah Lapidoth, Daniel Deronda
genres: Fiction, British Literature, Jewish, Literature, Romance, Classics, Novels, 19th Century, Historical Fiction, Victorian
ratings_count: 25389
places: England
publisher: Penguin Classics