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Romola (London 1863)

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Romola (1863)
by George Eliot

Romola is a historical novel set in 15th-century Florence. Originally serialised in Cornhill Magazine from 1862–1863, this version is the first book edition published in the UK by Smith, Elder & Co.

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ROMOLA.

BY


GEORGE ELIOT,

AUTHOR OF
"ADAM BEDE," "THE MILL ON THE FLOSS," "SILAS MARNER,"
AND "SCENES OF CLERICAL LIFE."

IN THREE VOLUMES.

CONTENTS

TO THE FIRST VOLUME.

PAGE
Proem 1
BOOK I.
Chap.
I. The Shipwrecked Stranger 17
II. A Breakfast for Love 40
III. The Barber's Shop 48
IV. First Impressions 67
V. The Blind Scholar and his Daughter 73
VI. Dawning Hopes 97
VII. A Learned Squabble 124
VIII. A Face in the Crowd 134
IX. A Man's Ransom 156
X. Under the Plane-Tree 169
XI. Tito's Dilemma 189
XII. The Prize is nearly Grasped 196
XIII. The Shadow of Nemesis 217
XIV. The Peasants' Fair 229
XV. The Dying Message 254
XVI. A Florentine Joke 269
XVII. Under the Loggia 292
XVIII. The Portrait 303
XIX. The Old Man's Hope 314
XX. The Day of the Betrothal 321

CONTENTS

TO THE THIRD VOLUME.

BOOK III.—continued.
Chap. PAGE
I. Check 1
II. Counter-check 7
III. The Pyramid of Vanities 18
IV. Tessa Abroad and at Home 28
V. Monna Brigida's Conversion 46
VI. A Prophetess 55
VII. On San Miniato 67
VIII. The Evening and the Morning 76
IX. Waiting 82
X. The other Wife 88
XI. Why Tito was Safe 108
XII. A Final Understanding 119
XIII. Pleading 129

XIV. The Scaffold 145
XV. Drifting Away 156
XVI. The Benediction 164
XVII. Ripening Schemes 172
XVIII. The Prophet in his Cell 191
XIX. The Trial by Fire 205
XX. A Masque of the Furies 218
XXI. Waiting by the River 226
XXII. Romola's Waking 237
XXIII. Homeward 253
XXIV. Meeting Again 259
XXV. The Confession 268
XXVI. The Last Silence 280
Epilogue 286


This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.

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