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Romola

George Eliot

Start date: January 1, 2020

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May 05, 2020 Sara rated it did not like it

Shelves: gutenberg-download, classics, historical-fiction, women-writers, abandoned, literary-fiction

Before I critique this book, I have to critique this cover. Eliot could not make it clearer that Romola is a blonde. Her golden hair is referenced over and over again. Who is the dufus who chose this cover photo? Sorry, but all Italians must be raven-haired? I’m not thinking Eliot would have been impressed.

I have decided to DNF Romola after 238 pages of forced reading. I cannot believe I am ditching a George Eliot novel, but this is nothing like any of her other novels. It is set in Italy and it ...more

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Jun 09, 2020 Elizabeth rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 19th-century, european, ntltrc-shelf

Wonderfully written but it didn't hold my attention as much as Mill on the Floss or Adam Bede. Perhaps I would have enjoyed it more had it not been called Romola, for the title character she did not feature as much as I would have liked and her character wasn't developed as well either. ...more

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