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1sparemethecensor
I'm currently about halfway through George Eliot's Daniel Deronda, and I am loving it so far. I'd hazard to say it's a more enjoyable read than Middlemarch. The plot is compelling from the opening roulette scene, and I absolutely love the social skewering Eliot inserts here and there into the narrative. She is hilarious!
Interestingly, despite being halfway through the book, I haven't yet gotten to the revelation of Deronda's Jewish heritage. I came into the novel knowing only that one thing about it, but it's hardly about that, yet. He's met a Jewish family through his quest to help an abandoned Jewish girl he came across, and he has been asked if he has Jewish heritage, but he has yet to find out for himself. It is an interesting read, knowing what the character doesn't; I don't imagine contemporaneous readers of Eliot figured it out.
I also find Gwendolen to be a fascinating character. How rarely in classic British literature do we come across "heroines" who are unlikable, mean, vain, and all the accoutrements! Hers begins as the standard story of courtship and marriage (although she is certainly not the standard romantic heroine), but I imagine that, given her interactions with Deronda, things will get much more complex.
Has anyone else read Daniel Deronda? What did you think? I'd love to discuss this novel -- it is so rich with interesting takes on society and identity. Not to mention, hilarious.
Interestingly, despite being halfway through the book, I haven't yet gotten to the revelation of Deronda's Jewish heritage. I came into the novel knowing only that one thing about it, but it's hardly about that, yet. He's met a Jewish family through his quest to help an abandoned Jewish girl he came across, and he has been asked if he has Jewish heritage, but he has yet to find out for himself. It is an interesting read, knowing what the character doesn't; I don't imagine contemporaneous readers of Eliot figured it out.
I also find Gwendolen to be a fascinating character. How rarely in classic British literature do we come across "heroines" who are unlikable, mean, vain, and all the accoutrements! Hers begins as the standard story of courtship and marriage (although she is certainly not the standard romantic heroine), but I imagine that, given her interactions with Deronda, things will get much more complex.
Has anyone else read Daniel Deronda? What did you think? I'd love to discuss this novel -- it is so rich with interesting takes on society and identity. Not to mention, hilarious.
2kac522
I read it years ago, and I loved it. It's on my "to re-read" list for this year.
There's also a great BBC production from about 10 years ago, with Romola Garai (from Austen's "Emma") as Gwendolen and Hugh Bonneville (Lord Grantham from "Downton Abbey") as Henleigh Grandcourt. And the screenplay was written by Andrew Davies (he wrote the screenplay for the "Pride & Prejudice" with Colin Firth, and for "Mr. Selfridge", currently on PBS in the US). It was fairly true to the book, although, of course, compressed into three episodes.
There's also a great BBC production from about 10 years ago, with Romola Garai (from Austen's "Emma") as Gwendolen and Hugh Bonneville (Lord Grantham from "Downton Abbey") as Henleigh Grandcourt. And the screenplay was written by Andrew Davies (he wrote the screenplay for the "Pride & Prejudice" with Colin Firth, and for "Mr. Selfridge", currently on PBS in the US). It was fairly true to the book, although, of course, compressed into three episodes.
