Description: George Eliot's last and most unconventional novel is considered by many to be her greatest. First published in 1876, it interweaves the stories of two people who are drawn to each other but are destined for very different fates. Gwendolen Harleth is a high-spirited and somewhat spoiled beauty who marries a brutal aristocrat in order to escape poverty. Meanwhile Daniel Deronda, the high-minded friend to whom Gwendolen turns for support, finds himself increasingly involved in the lives of a poor Jewish girl and her family. As Deronda uncovers the long-hidden secret of his own parentage and dedicates himself to the cause of Zionism, Eliot opens up a world of Jewish experience previously unknown to the Victorian novel.

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