A novel, 1876
Daniel Deronda
Gwendolen Harleth wants admiration, wealth and freedom, but her family's financial ruin forces her to consider earning a living or marrying.
How it begins
Men can do nothing without the make-believe of a beginning. Even science, the strict measurer, is obliged to start with a make-believe unit, and must fix on a point in the stars’ unceasing journey when his sidereal clock shall pretend that time is at Nought.
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About the book
Contents
Book I
Book II: Meeting Streams
Book III: Maidens Choosing
Book IV: Gwendolen Gets Her Choice
Book V: Mordecai
Book VI: Revelations
Book VII: The Mother and the Son
Book VIII: Fruit and Seed
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Text from Project Gutenberg.