Romola (London 1863)

by George Eliot

For other versions of this work, see Romola.

 

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 SECOND VOLUME.

 

BOOK II.
Chap.		PAGE
I.	Florence expects a Guest	1
II.	The Prisoners	14
III.	After-Thoughts	27
IV.	Inside the Duomo	33
V.	Outside the Duomo	44
VI.	The Garment of Fear	52
VII.	The Young Wife	61
VIII.	The Painted Record	79
IX.	A Moment of Triumph	88
X.	The Avenger's Secret	100
XI.	Fruit is Seed	116
XII.	A Revelation	125
XIII.	Baldassarre makes an Acquaintance	143
XIV.	No Place for Repentance	157
XV.	What Florence was Thinking of	177
XVI.	Ariadne Discrowns Herself	184
XVII.	The Tabernacle Unlocked	202
XVIII.	The Black Marks become Magical	210
XIX.	A Supper in the Rucellai Gardens	221
XX.	An Arresting Voice	250
XXI.	Coming Back	265
BOOK III.
XXII.	Romola in her Place	271
XXIII.	The Unseen Madonna	284
XXIV.	The Visible Madonna	295
XXV.	At the Barber's Shop	305
XXVI.	By a Street Lamp	320

 

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