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“There is a sort of human paste that when it comes near the fire of enthusiasm is only baked into harder shape.”

Quote by George Eliot

Book:Daniel Deronda - Volume 2 of 2

Work

Daniel Deronda - Volume 2 of 2

In this final volume, Daniel Deronda's journey deepens as he grapples with his Jewish heritage and his romantic entanglements. The novel explores themes of identity, social class, and the complexities of personal relationships. more

Author

George Eliot, born Mary Ann Evans, was a renowned 19th-century British novelist. Her works are known for their profound psychological insights and critical exploration of social issues. With her unique narrative techniques and rich emotional expression, she has had a profound impact on literature. more

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Book:Middlemarch: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)

Source: Middlemarch: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)

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Book:Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life

Source: Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life

“There is hardly any contact more depressing to a young ardent creature than that of a mind in which years full of knowledge seem to have issued in a blank absence of interest or sympathy.”

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Book:Middlemarch: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)

Source: Middlemarch: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)

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Book:Middlemarch: Top Novelist Focus

Source: Middlemarch: Top Novelist Focus

“Our sense of duty must often wait for some work which shall take the place of dilettanteism [sic] and make us feel that the quality of our action is not a matter of indifference.”

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Author:George Eliot

“What people do who go into politics I can't think; it drives me almost mad to see mismanagement over only a few hundred acres.”

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Book:Four Novels of George Eliot

Source: Four Novels of George Eliot

“Expenditure--like ugliness and errors--becomes a totally new thing when we attach our own personality to it, and measure it by that wide difference which is manifest (in our own sensations) between ourselves and others.”

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Source: Middlemarch: Top Novelist Focus

“For character too is a process and an unfoldingamong our valued friends is there not someone or other who is a little too self confident and disdainful; whose distinguished mind is a little spotted with commonness; who is a little pinched here and protruberent there with native prejudices; or whose better energies are liable to lapse down the wrong channel under the influence of transient solicitations?”

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Author:George Eliot

“... the true seeing is within; and painting stares at you with an insistent imperfection.”

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Book:Delphi Complete Works of George Eliot (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of George Eliot (Illustrated)