Felix Holt, The Radical
by George Eliot
Chapter 1 of 52 introduction
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- Running time
- 19 h 8 min
- Language
- English
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- Alan Weyman, CrowGirl, Gina Marie, John O'Riordan, Kevin W. Davidson and 7 others
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"Harold Transome is a landowner who goes against his family's political tradition (much to his mother's distress), while Felix Holt is a sincere radical. The setting of the book, the 1832 parliament election, is used to discuss the social problems of that time. A secondary plot involves Esther Lyon, the stepdaughter of a minister who is the real heiress to the Transome estate, with whom both Harold Transome and Felix Holt fall in love. Esther loves poor Felix Holt, but would she choose a comfortable life with Harold Transome?" (Summary by Stav Nisser)