The Lifted Veil (Hardcover)

from rainpebble

I did not find this to be a lovely book, but I do find that my opinion of this book remains drastically different from most L.T. readers of the book. I thought The Lifted Veil to be quite brilliant. As I read, I felt myself looking into the man's mind and found myself to be momentarily taking on ...

from nadineeg

Apparently this novel was not only unusual for George Elliot, but for the time. The author presents Latimer - a young man from a wealthy self-made family who is not raised to carry on the family business - that is left to his stronger and lustier older brother. Whilst in Switzerland studying in a...

from rainpebble

I did not find this to be a lovely book, but I do find that my opinion of this book remains drastically different from most L.T. readers of the book. I thought The Lifted Veil to be quite brilliant. As I read, I felt myself looking into the man's mind and found myself to be momentarily taking on ...

from classyhomemaker

2023: I read this over a couple hours last night as I'm trying to make my reading goal for the year. I think I appreciated it a little more this time and am a little embarrassed at my sanctimonious tone in 2012. I might reread tonight... or at least look over some parts again. I had a bit of a di...

from Cariola

More of a short story than a novel (at only 60+ pages plus an afterwards by a modern writer), this was a fast but not memorable read. Eliot's style and tone here reminded me of Frankenstein and a number of Poe's short stories.