Daniel Deronda – George Eliot

"Here was a man who had found his own way for himself."

The novel weaves together two stories: that of Gwendolen Harleth, a beautiful but spoiled woman who traps herself in an oppressive marriage, and Daniel Deronda, a sensitive young man searching for his origins. Daniel's discovery of his Jewish heritage leads him to embrace a new identity and a Zionist vision of a homeland.

George Eliot's final novel is a daring and controversial work. It combines a biting social satire of the British aristocracy with a sympathetic and prophetic exploration of Jewish identity and proto-Zionism.