![]() ![]() ![]() The impact of George Eliot's 1876 novel Daniel Deronda was central to the coalescence of the first Zionist movement, Hovevei Zion, in the early 1880s. The warm picture of the Cohen family evoked grateful praise from Jewish readers, but the best part of Daniel Deronda is the keen analysis of Gwendolen's character, which seems to many critics the peak of George Eliot's achievement. The less convincingly realized hero, Daniel, after discovering that he is Jewish, marries Mirah and departs for Palestine to help establish a Jewish homeland. ![]() The novel builds on the contrast between Mirah Cohen, a poor Jewish girl, and the upper-class Gwendolen Harleth, who marries for money and regrets it. It is notable for its exposure of Victorian anti-Semitism. Light toning, Loose FLEP, small temple stamp, FPD, repaired cracked hinge, else content remainder appears as unblemished with maroon cloth covered boards displaying moderate surface/edge.ĭaniel Deronda, novel by George Eliot, published in 1876. ![]()
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