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Contrasting with the opportunism of Transome is the sincere, but opinionated, Radical Felix Holt. A subplot concerns the stepdaughter of a Dissenting minister who is the true heir to the Transome estate, but who is unaware of the fact. She becomes the object of the affections of both Harold Transome and Felix Holt. Plot summary
Complete summary of George Eliot's Felix Holt, the Radical. eNotes plot summaries cover all the significant action of Felix Holt, the Radical.
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George Eliot. “Felix Holt, the Radical” is a novel by George Eliot that explores the themes of politics, religion, and social class in 19th century England. The story follows the titular character, Felix Holt, as he becomes involved in the political and social movements of his time, and falls in love with a young woman from a higher social ...
Sep 28, 2012 · In the evening, when Mr. Lyon was expecting the knock at the door that would announce Felix Holt, he occupied his cushionless arm-chair in the sitting-room, and was skimming rapidly, in his short-sighted way, by the light of one candle, the pages of a missionary report, emitting occasionally a slight "Hm-m" that appeared to be expressive of ...
Introduction to Felix Holt, the Radical, by George Eliot. New York: Penguin Books, 1972. Offers a full historical background for the political context of the novel, including legal complexities ...
Felix Holt: The Radical is one of Eliot's finer works and a great 19c. novel. In many ways, it's a shorter and much more readable version of Middlemarch , and, being the book which directly precedes it, can be read as its predecessor. In F.H., Eliot explores her constant concern: the tensions between the intricate and overpowering contingencies ...
6 days ago · A novel by G. Eliot, published 1866, set in 1832 in Loamshire.Harold Transome arrives from the East to inherit the family estate, and startles his family by standing as a Radical candidate. His political convictions are not incompatible with ‘treating’ the local workers, and his character is strongly contrasted with that of Felix Holt ...
