Romola
By: Introduction by Rudolf Dircks
Series: Everyman's library
Publisher: Dent; Dutton
Published: 1907
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 567
Subjects: Fiction; History
Description: Set in Florence in 1492, a time of great political and religious turmoil, George Eliot's only historical 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.
Notes: First published in this edition, 1907; reprinted 1965.

Bibliography: p. ix-x.