Modern Library Classics Daniel Deronda, (Paperback)

from raschneid

Ambitious and thought-provoking, as always. Daniel Deronda begins as a traditional novel of courtship and marriage. Then, a hundred pages in, it becomes an unconventional exploration of nationalism and morality, with a conclusion that I'm sure would have been quite daring for its time.I'm not sur...

from Britt84

I really love Eliot, and I found this book really good. Eliot's style is great and she writes so beautifully, the characters are worked out well and are believable in their doubts and problems. What I found special about this book is the way Eliot writes about Jews. In Eliot's days it wasn't comm...

from JBD1

I appreciated the complex nature and depth of Daniel Deronda, but didn't enjoy it nearly as much as Middlemarch, and found I got rather bogged down for a while in the middle.

from Cosmickate

Daniel Deronda is one of the most admirable and remarkable characters I've ever encountered. He is saintly and kind but he hasn't been very dynamic in the novel. However, Gwendolyn Harneth takes the place of the female protagonist who was a spoiled brat at first but has encountered so many strife...

from m.belljackson

The character of Daniel Deronda rises to meet all the accolades, in and out of the book, and yet, as an adult, he strangely continues to lack the simple courage to ask Sir Hugo who his parents really are or were. This lack of resolution goes on way too long and, with the endless self-pitying intr...