The Spanish gypsy
Subtitle: a poem
By: by George Eliot
Edition: Riverside edition
Series: The Writings of George Eliot. Riverside ed -- v. 18; Writings of George Eliot. Riverside ed -- v. 18
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin; Riverside Press
Published: 1908
Place of publication: Boston; Cambridge
Language: eng
Number of pages: 318
Subjects: English poetry; Romanies; Poetry
Description: The Spanish Gypsy is a narrative poem set in fifteenth-century Spain and tells the story of a young woman, Fedalma. She was born a gypsy, but was taken from her parents by the Spaniards during a raid against the Moors. She was raised in luxury and as a Catholic by her fiancé Don Silva's family. Her father, a leader of the gypsies later appears and she must chose between her fiance and her people.
Notes: "This work was originally written in the winter of 1864-5; after a visit to Spain in 1867 it was rewritten and amplified. The reader conversant with Spanish poetry will see that in two of the lyrics an attempt has been made to imitate the trochaic measure and assonance of the Spanish ballad."