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The work's mixture of social satire and moral searching, along with its sympathetic rendering of Jewish proto- Zionist ideas, has made it the controversial final statement of one of the most renowned Victorian novelists. The novel has been adapted for film three times, once as a silent feature and twice for television.
- George Eliot, Jane Irwin
- 1876
May 9, 2024 · “The Post-Colonial Critique of Eliot: Is Edward Said Right about Daniel Deronda?” George Eliot Scholars. 2010. Owen, Paul. “Daniel Deronda: A Victorian novel that’s still controversial“.
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Jul 5, 2023 · By Taylor Jasmine | On July 5, 2023 | Updated July 31, 2023 | Comments (0) Daniel Deronda (1876), the last novel completed by British author George Eliot (pen name of Mary Ann Evans, 1819 – 1880), is widely regarded as a proto-Zionist work, and one of the first works of literature sympathetic to Jews in 19th-century Britain.
Daniel Deronda, novel by George Eliot, published in eight parts in 1876. It is notable for its exposure of Victorian anti-Semitism . The novel builds on the contrast between Mirah Cohen, a poor Jewish girl, and the upper-class Gwendolen Harleth, who marries for money and regrets it.
- George Eliot, Jane Irwin
- 1876
Dec 9, 2021 · Culture. United Kingdom. George Eliot’s Daniel Deronda: How one novel reshaped the image of British Jews. Josh Glancy. 9 December 2021. Published in 1876, Daniel Deronda is a unique novel in the history of 19th century English literature. Raised in an aristocratic household, Deronda longs to discover his true origins. Who are his real parents?
Mar 29, 2003 · March 29, 2003. ''Daniel Deronda,'' published in 1876, was George Eliot's last and most controversial novel, dealing with anti-Semitism and other social injustices in Victorian England. As...
Feb 12, 2009 · George Eliot's final novel, Daniel Deronda, was also her most controversial. Few had a problem, upon its publication in 1876, with its portrayal of yearning and repression in the English upper class.
