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Middlemarch, étude de la vie de province est un roman britannique, écrit en 1871 par la romancière George Eliot. Publié en 8 volumes entre 1871 et 1872, le roman se déroule dans la ville fictionnelle de Middlemarch dans les Midlands de 1829 à 1832. Il présente plusieurs histoires croisées et un large ensemble de personnages. Les différents thèmes traités incluent le statut des femmes, la nature du mariage, l'idéalisme, l'égoïsme, la religion, l'hypocrisie, les réformes politiques et l'éducation.
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Silas Marner : le tisserand de Raveloe
George Eliot
- Gallimard
- Folio classique
- 12 January 2023
- 9782072989292
Depuis l'installation du tisserand Silas Marner dans la campagne anglaise, près du village de Raveloe, les langues vont bon train. Cet homme solitaire, venu de la ville, au regard étrange, aux transes soudaines, et qui passe ses journées devant un métier à tisser, suscite à la fois méfiance et fascination.
Chaque soir, Silas Marner s'enferme et contemple avec ravissement le fruit de son travail, des pièces d'or et d'argent. Jusqu'au jour où ce beau trésor se volatilise et où Silas découvre, près de son feu, une fillette aux cheveux d'or...
Tout en portant un regard très réaliste sur l'Angleterre rurale du XIXe siècle qui inspira les débuts de son oeuvre, George Eliot, dans ce roman de 1861, écrit un véritable conte moral, où l'on voit un homme cheminer vers sa renaissance spirituelle. -
" La lecture d'Adam Bede compte parmi les plus authentiques expériences de ma vie. " Charles Dickens
Le charpentier Adam Bede est épris de la belle Hetty Sorrel.
Il ignore qu'il a un rival en la personne d'Arthur Donnithorne, fils d'un propriétaire terrien, et que les deux amants se voient en secret. Adam se tourne alors vers Dinah, une femme de sa condition, tout amour et tendresse. Tandis que la passion charnelle et l'égoïsme de Hetty auront des répercussions aussi terribles qu'inattendues...
Un climat de mysticisme et de discrète sensualité baigne ce roman dont le cadre réaliste - le petit village de Hayslope, dans l'Angleterre pastorale et préindustrielle des Midlands - a la clarté d'une épure.
Premier des grands romans de George Eliot, paru en 1859, il exalte la plénitude de deux êtres épanouis dans un amour simple et profond, éveillant notre compassion pour cette " humanité moyenne " dont les destins sont aussi pathétiques, les passions aussi tragiques, les aspirations aussi nobles que ceux des héros les plus romantiques. -
Les affres d'une femme qui peine à trouver sa place au sein de la société de son temps. Avec Middlemarch, Le Moulin sur la Floss est sans doute l'un des plus célèbres romans de George Eliot, l'une des romancières britanniques préférées de Virginia Woolf. Un classique à (re)découvrir ! " Relire les romans de George Eliot nous procure toujours la même énergie et la même chaleur, à tel point qu'on ne veut plus la quitter. " (Virginia Woolf)
Élevée au moulin de Dorlcote, dans les paysages verdoyants du Lincolnshire, la toute jeune et idéaliste Maggie Tulliver forme avec son frère Tom un couple lié par un amour indestructible.
Ce lien est pourtant mis à mal après la mort de leur père, que la faillite a contraint à vendre son moulin. Maggie se morfond dans sa nouvelle vie et se rapproche un peu plus de Philip Wakem, un jeune homme sensible et cultivé, issu d'une famille rivale. Au grand dam de Tom, qui a du abandonner ses études pour subvenir aux besoins des siens, au prix d'un labeur acharné...
L'intérêt soudain que lui manifeste Stephen, le fiancé de sa cousine, met un comble au trouble de Maggie, tiraillée entre raison et sentiments. C'est alors qu'entre en scène un personnage inattendu : la puissante Floss en crue, qui pourrait bien tout emporter... -
Ce grand roman politique oppose deux sortes de radicaux réclamant des changements politiques profonds, lors d'une campagne électorale dans l'Angleterre des années 1830 : Harold Transome, riche propriétaire terrien, candidat sous cette étiquette par opportunisme, et Felix Holt, homme du peuple qui n'a pas le droit de vote et dont le radicalisme est un engagement de l'être entier, désireux de changer l'organisation sociale, la répartition des richesses, de redonner à chaque individu une ' part d'homme ' dans la vie. Les deux hommes se disputent également l'amour d'Esther Lyon, la fille adoptive d'un pasteur.
Dans cette lutte entre ancien et nouveau monde, le mérite personnel l'emportera-t-il sur la naissance, pour signer l'entrée dans le monde démocratique ? La collision des destins personnels avec l'histoire collective est le vrai sujet de ce roman peu connu de l'auteure, traduit pour la première fois en français. -
There's no one Maggie Tulliver loves more than her brother Tom. But their relationship is far from easy. She's passionate and impulsive, but he's emotionally repressed and dutiful.
This tension drives the action of "The Mill on the Floss", one of George Eliot's most celebrated novels. As the two siblings grow up, they're pushed and pulled towards each other, as Maggie rails against the rules of 19th century society while Tom conforms to them.
Strongly autobiographical, "The Mill on the Floss" is a compelling tale of duty, ambition and the struggle to be yourself. Make it your next read if you liked Hardy's "Jude the Obscure" or Austen's "Pride and Prejudice".
George Eliot, pseudonym of Mary Ann Evans (1819-1890), was an English novelist, journalist and poet. She took a realist approach to storytelling, finding the drama and beauty in the day-to-day existence of England's rural working classes. Her most famous novels include "Middlemarch", "The Mill on the Floss" and "Adam Bede".
Eliot's personal life was the subject of some controversy. For over two decades, she lived together with George Henry Lewes, a married man-he was estranged from his wife but never officially divorced. Their relationship offended Victorian sensibilities, but failed to dent Eliot's popularity with readers. The pair are buried side-by-side in London's Highgate Cemetery. -
Depuis son installation au village de Raveloe, le tisserand Marner suscite méfiance et interrogations. Quel malheur l'a contraint à fuir sa communauté du Nord de l'Angleterre ? D'où tient-il ses curieux talents de guérisseur ? Et pourquoi vit-il retiré dans une chaumière en lisière de forêt ?
Retranché des vivants, sans femme et sans enfants, Marner sombre dans la routine d'un travail solitaire et ne trouve de consolation que dans la contemplation de son or, amassé quinze années durant... jusqu'au soir où son trésor disparaît.
Si le sort du pauvre homme apitoie les villageois, la rumeur se refuse à soupconner de vol l'un des fils Cass, hobereaux locaux dont les frasques sont pourtant connues. Mais une surprise de taille attend le tisserand, qui pourrait consoler son vieux coeur... et changer celui de ses voisins.
Récit d'une malédiction et d'une rédemption, Silas Marner offre un tableau réaliste des coutumes, préjugés et superstitions de l'Angleterre rurale sous le règne de Georges III. -
No one has a bigger heart than the mysterious Daniel Deronda. And in Gwendolen, he sees a lost soul in need of his help.
George Eliot's final novel traces these two characters' very different paths across 19th century London. While Daniel becomes immersed in the city's Jewish population, Gwendolen is forced to marry a man she doesn't love. But after their eyes meet across a roulette table, this pair's fates become inextricably linked. Through their relationship, Eliot nimbly tackles issues of autonomy and identity.
A love story with a lot on its mind, "Daniel Deronda" stands as one of George Eliot's true masterpieces. It's been adapted for the screen several times, including a BBC television series starring Hugh Dancy.
George Eliot, pseudonym of Mary Ann Evans (1819-1890), was an English novelist, journalist and poet. She took a realist approach to storytelling, finding the drama and beauty in the day-to-day existence of England's rural working classes. Her most famous novels include "Middlemarch", "The Mill on the Floss" and "Adam Bede".
Eliot's personal life was the subject of some controversy. For over two decades, she lived together with George Henry Lewes, a married man-he was estranged from his wife but never officially divorced. Their relationship offended Victorian sensibilities, but failed to dent Eliot's popularity with readers. The pair are buried side-by-side in London's Highgate Cemetery. -
In "Felix Holt, the Radical", an opportunistic bid for power sparks a dramatic love triangle.
It's the early 1830s in England, and the town of Treby is gearing up for an election. Harold Transome, a radical candidate, is leading the pack. The problem is that he's lacking in real beliefs-he's in politics for the fame. As the election draws nearer, Treby becomes a powder keg of tension. And to make matters worse, Harold and Felix Holt, a man with very real radical beliefs, fall for the same woman.
"Felix Holt, the Radical" may be a `social novel', but it's still brimming with Eliot's trademark humour and humanity. If you're a fan of Dickens' blend of political commentary and compelling drama, definitely give this novel a shot.
George Eliot, pseudonym of Mary Ann Evans (1819-1890), was an English novelist, journalist and poet. She took a realist approach to storytelling, finding the drama and beauty in the day-to-day existence of England's rural working classes. Her most famous novels include "Middlemarch", "The Mill on the Floss" and "Adam Bede".
Eliot's personal life was the subject of some controversy. For over two decades, she lived together with George Henry Lewes, a married man-he was estranged from his wife but never officially divorced. Their relationship offended Victorian sensibilities, but failed to dent Eliot's popularity with readers. The pair are buried side-by-side in London's Highgate Cemetery. -
In George Eliot's singular "Romona", one woman defies convention to forge her own path through Renaissance-era Florence.
As the story begins, the city's Medici dynasty is nearing collapse, and a religious zealot has stepped in to fill the power vacuum. Against this tumultuous backdrop, we follow the courageous Romola de' Bardi. The daughter of a blind scholar, she becomes entrapped in a marriage to the deceitful Tito-one of Eliot's greatest villains. She must break away to make a new life, and escape the wave of violence sweeping the city.
Eliot researched "Romola" for years, and it shows. This is rich and captivating historical fiction. A must read for anyone interested in the culture and people of the Renaissance.
George Eliot, pseudonym of Mary Ann Evans (1819-1890), was an English novelist, journalist and poet. She took a realist approach to storytelling, finding the drama and beauty in the day-to-day existence of England's rural working classes. Her most famous novels include "Middlemarch", "The Mill on the Floss" and "Adam Bede".
Eliot's personal life was the subject of some controversy. For over two decades, she lived together with George Henry Lewes, a married man-he was estranged from his wife but never officially divorced. Their relationship offended Victorian sensibilities, but failed to dent Eliot's popularity with readers. The pair are buried side-by-side in London's Highgate Cemetery. -
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"George Eliot" was the penname of Mary Ann Evans, one of the greatest of English novelists of the Victorian era. Her long novel Middlemarch, subtitled A Study of Provincial Life, is generally considered to be her finest work.
Published in eight installments between 1871 and 1872, Middlemarch tells the intertwined stories of a variety of people living in the vicinity of the (fictional) midlands town of Middlemarch during the early 1830s, the time of the great Reform Act. The novel is remarkable for its realistic treatment of situation, character and relationships and also demonstrates its author's accurate knowledge of political issues, medicine, politics, and rural economy. Yet it also includes several touches of humor.
The novel's main characters include: Dorothea Brooke, a religiouslyinclined and very intelligent young woman who marries a much older man believing that she can assist him in his scholarly studies; Dr. Tertius Lydgate, a doctor who comes to Middlemarch to further his medical research and implement his ideas for treatment, but whose plans are thrown into disarray by an unwise marriage; Fred Vincy, an idle young man, the son of the town's Mayor, who gets into a mire of debt; and several others.
The initial reception of the novel by critics was mixed, with a number of unfavorable reviews, but its reputation has grown through time and Middlemarch is now generally considered to be one of the best novels ever written in English. -
This carefully crafted ebook: "The Complete Works of George Eliot" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.
Table of Contents:
Scenes of Clerical Life (1858): The Sad Fortunes of the Rev. Amos Barton, Mr. Gilfil's Love Story, Janet's Repentance
Adam Bede (1859)
The Lifted Veil (1859)
The Mill on the Floss (1860)
Silas Marner, the Weaver of Raveloe (1861)
Romola (1863)
Brother Jacob (1864)
Felix Holt, the Radical (1866)
The Spanish Gypsy (1868)
Middlemarch (1871/72)
The Legend of Jubal, and Other Poems (1874): The Legend of Jubal, Agatha, Armgart, How Lisa Loved the King, A Minor Prophet, Brother and Sister, Stradivarius, A College Breakfast-Party, Two Lovers, Self and Life, "Sweet Endings Come and Go, Love," The Death of Moses, Arion, "O May I Join the Choir Invisible."
Daniel Deronda (1876)
Impressions of Theophrastus Such (1879)
The Essays: From the Note-Book of an Eccentric, How to Avoid Disappointment, The Wisdom of the Child, A Little Fable with a Great Moral, Hints on Snubbing, Carlyle's Life of Sterling, Margaret Fuller, Woman in France: Madame de Sablé, Three Months in Weimar, Evangelical Teaching: Dr. Cumming, German Wit: Henry Heine, The Natural History of German Life, Silly Novels by Lady Novelists, George Forster, Worldliness and Other-Worldliness: The Poet Young, The Influence of Rationalism, The Grammar of Ornament, Address to Working Men, by Felix Holt, Leaves from a Note-Book.
Miscellaneous Poems: On Being Called a Saint, Farewell, Sonnet, Question and Answer, "'Mid my Gold-Brown Curls," "'Mid the Rich Store," "As Tu Va la Lune se Lever," In A London Drawing Room, Arms! To Arms!, Ex Oriente Lux, In the South, Will Ladislaw's Song, Erinna, I Grant you Ample Leave, Mordecai's Hebrew Verses, Count that Day Lost.
Mary Ann (Marian) Evans (1819 - 1880), better known by her pen name George Eliot, was an English novelist, journalist and translator. She was one of the leading writers of the Victorian era. Her novels, largely set in provincial England, are well known for their realism and psychological insight. -
The Complete Novels of George Eliot: Adam Bede + The Lifted Veil + The Mill on the Floss + Silas Marner + Romola + Brother Jacob + Felix Holt the Radical + Middlemarch + Daniel Deronda
George Eliot
- E-artnow
- 25 October 2013
- 9788074849534
This carefully crafted ebook: "The Complete Novels of George Eliot: Adam Bede + The Lifted Veil + The Mill on the Floss + Silas Marner + Romola + Brother Jacob + Felix Holt the Radical + Middlemarch + Daniel Deronda" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.
Table of Contents:
Adam Bede (1859)
The Lifted Veil (1859)
The Mill on the Floss (1860)
Silas Marner (1861)
Romola (1863)
Brother Jacob (1864)
Felix Holt, the Radical (1866)
Middlemarch (1871/72)
Daniel Deronda (1876)
Mary Ann (Marian) Evans (1819 - 1880), better known by her pen name George Eliot, was an English novelist, journalist and translator. She was one of the leading writers of the Victorian era. Her novels, largely set in provincial England, are well known for their realism and psychological insight. -
The Complete Novels: Adam Bede + The Lifted Veil + The Mill on the Floss + Silas Marner + Romola + Brother Jacob + Felix Holt the Radical + Middlemarch + Daniel Deronda
George Eliot
- E-artnow
- 13 March 2014
- 9788026808121
This carefully crafted ebook: "The Complete Novels: Adam Bede + The Lifted Veil + The Mill on the Floss + Silas Marner + Romola + Brother Jacob + Felix Holt the Radical + Middlemarch + Daniel Deronda" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.
Table of Contents:
Adam Bede (1859)
The Lifted Veil (1859)
The Mill on the Floss (1860)
Silas Marner (1861)
Romola (1863)
Brother Jacob (1864)
Felix Holt, the Radical (1866)
Middlemarch (1871/72)
Daniel Deronda (1876)
Mary Ann (Marian) Evans (1819 - 1880), better known by her pen name George Eliot, was an English novelist, journalist and translator. She was one of the leading writers of the Victorian era. Her novels, largely set in provincial England, are well known for their realism and psychological insight. -
Please note: This audiobook has been created using AI voice.
Published in 1860, The Mill on the Floss was the second novel published by George Eliot (the pen name of Mary Ann Evans). Set in the late 1820s or early 1830s, it tells the story of two young people, Tom and Maggie Tulliver, from their childhood into early adulthood. Their father, Jeremy Tulliver, owns Dorlcote Mill on the river Floss, and the children grow to adolescence in relative comfort. However Mr. Tulliver is litigious and initiates an unwise legal suit against a local solicitor, Mr. Wakem. The suit is thrown out and the associated costs throw the Tulliver family into poverty, and they lose possession of the mill.
The main character of the novel is Maggie Tulliver, an intelligent and passionate child and young woman, whose mental, romantic, and moral struggles we follow closely. As in Eliot's other novels, the author shows a realistic and sympathetic understanding of human behavior.
The Mill on the Floss is regarded as a classic of English literature, and has been made into both a film and a television series. -
B. J. Harrison Reads The Lifted Veil
George Eliot
- Saga egmont
- The Classic Tales with B. J. Harrison
- 2 December 2020
- 9788726574159
Latimer is convinced that he has a special power. According to him, he can see into the future and he can also read people's mind. Actually everybody's but one; his brother's wife Bertha's mind remains closed to him. Although he marries her after his brother's death, he still cannot manage to read her thoughts. What he realizes however is that Bertha is manipulative and her heart is not pure. Bertha's maid has something she wants to share with Latimer, but will she manage to relate her story in time? Find out what the future holds for Latimer in "The Lifted Veil".
B. J. Harrison started his Classic Tales Podcast back in 2007, wanting to breathe new life into classic stories. He masterfully plays with a wide array of voices and accents and has since then produced over 500 audiobooks. Now in collaboration with SAGA Egmont, his engaging narration of these famous classics is available to readers everywhere.
George Eliot was an English writer who lived in the period 1819 - 1880. She is best known as a novelist and poet, and her works often depict the Victorian era and the rural society. George Eliot wanted to describe the life of ordinary people. She was fascinated by the simplicity of country life and wanted to represent it realistically. Some of her works were also politically orientated as she wanted to draw attention to the social outsiders and people from small towns. "Adam Bede", "The Mill on the Floss" and "Felix Holt, the Radical" are only a small part of the huge literary legacy she left behind. -
A sweet tooth can lead you into a whole lot of trouble.
After years of working as a confectioner, David is desperate for a change of scene. So, he sets his sights on the West Indies. In order to finance the trip, he swindles money out of his brother Jacob and their mother. But the past has a funny way of coming back to bite you, as David discovers, when years later he and Jacob cross paths again.
One of George Eliot's few novellas, "Brother Jacob" is an intriguing morality tale. And compared to her novels, it strikes a much darker comic tone. A delicious curio of Victorian literature.
George Eliot, pseudonym of Mary Ann Evans (1819-1890), was an English novelist, journalist and poet. She took a realist approach to storytelling, finding the drama and beauty in the day-to-day existence of England's rural working classes. Her most famous novels include "Middlemarch", "The Mill on the Floss" and "Adam Bede".
Eliot's personal life was the subject of some controversy. For over two decades, she lived together with George Henry Lewes, a married man-he was estranged from his wife but never officially divorced. Their relationship offended Victorian sensibilities, but failed to dent Eliot's popularity with readers. The pair are buried side-by-side in London's Highgate Cemetery. -
Please note: This audiobook has been created using AI voice.
Daniel Deronda, published in 1876, was George Eliot's last novel. It deals with two major characters whose lives intersect: One is a spoiled young woman named Gwendolen Harleth who makes an unwise marriage to escape impending poverty; the other is the titular character, Daniel Deronda, a wealthy young man who feels a mission to help the suffering.
During her childhood Gwendolen's family was welloff. She lived in comfort and was indulged and pampered. But the family's fortune is lost through an unwise investment, and she returns to a life of nearpoverty, a change which she greatly resents both for herself and for her widowed mother. The only escape seems to be for her to marry a wealthy older man who has been courting her in a casual, unemotional way. The marriage turns out to be a terrible mistake.
Daniel Deronda has been raised by Sir Hugo Mallinger as his nephew, but Daniel has never discovered his true parentage, thinking it likely that he is Sir Hugo's natural son. This consciousness of his probable illegitimacy moves him to kindness and tolerance towards anyone who is suffering from disadvantage. One evening, while rowing on the river Thames, he spots a young woman about to leap into the water to drown herself. He persuades her instead to come with him for shelter to a family he knows. The young woman turns out to be Jewish, and through his trying to help her find her lost family, Deronda comes into contact with Jewish culture-and in particular with a man named Mordecai, who has a passionate vision for the future of the Jewish race and who sees in Daniel a kindred spirit.
The paths that Gwendolen and Daniel follow intersect often, and Daniel's kindly nature moves him to try to offer her comfort and advice in her moments of distress. Unsurprisingly, Gwendolen misinterprets Daniel's attentions.
In Daniel Deronda Eliot demonstrates considerable sympathy towards the Jewish people, their culture, and their aspirations for a national homeland. At the time this was an unpopular and even controversial view. A foreword in this edition reproduces a letter Evans wrote to Harriet Beecher Stowe, defending her stance in this regard. Nevertheless, the novel was a success, and was translated almost immediately into German and Dutch. It is considered to have had a positive influence on Zionist thinkers.
Daniel Deronda has been adapted both for film and television, with the 2002 B.B.C. series winning several awards. -
Therapist. Peacemaker. Pillar of the community. A country parson in 19th century England was all this and more.
In "Scenes of Clerical Life", George Eliot offers a poignant portrait of three such clergymen. Each has his virtues and his faults, and a colourful cast of parishioners. And every day seems to bring a new moral dilemma to solve.
"Scenes of Clerical Life" was Eliot's first published piece of fiction. Witty and warm, it points the way forward to her later masterpieces like "Middlemarch".
George Eliot, pseudonym of Mary Ann Evans (1819-1890), was an English novelist, journalist and poet. She took a realist approach to storytelling, finding the drama and beauty in the day-to-day existence of England's rural working classes. Her most famous novels include "Middlemarch", "The Mill on the Floss" and "Adam Bede".
Eliot's personal life was the subject of some controversy. For over two decades, she lived together with George Henry Lewes, a married man-he was estranged from his wife but never officially divorced. Their relationship offended Victorian sensibilities, but failed to dent Eliot's popularity with readers. The pair are buried side-by-side in London's Highgate Cemetery. -
Imagine that you could see into other people's minds. Would this power be a blessing or a curse?
For Latimer, the narrator of "The Lifted Veil", it only brings misery. Because other people's thoughts are often full of jealousy and hate. The one person he cannot read is Bertha. He becomes obsessed with her, convinced that she must be good. But when he finally takes Bertha as his new wife, the horrible truth is revealed.
Published the same year as her first novel "Adam Bede", this supernatural novella is unlike anything else George Eliot wrote. A great read for fans of gothic horror.
George Eliot, pseudonym of Mary Ann Evans (1819-1890), was an English novelist, journalist and poet. She took a realist approach to storytelling, finding the drama and beauty in the day-to-day existence of England's rural working classes. Her most famous novels include "Middlemarch", "The Mill on the Floss" and "Adam Bede".
Eliot's personal life was the subject of some controversy. For over two decades, she lived together with George Henry Lewes, a married man-he was estranged from his wife but never officially divorced. Their relationship offended Victorian sensibilities, but failed to dent Eliot's popularity with readers. The pair are buried side-by-side in London's Highgate Cemetery.
