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Daniel Deronda

Penguin English Library

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Daniel Deronda

By: George Eliot
Narrated by: Eleanor Bron
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Penguin Classics presents George Eliot’s Daniel Deronda, adapted for audio and available as a digital download as part of the Penguin English Library series. Read by the actress Eleanor Bron.

"What can I do.... I must get up in the morning and do what everyone else does. It is all like a dance set beforehand. I seem to see all that can be - and I am tired and sick of it. And the world is all confusion to me." George Eliot’s last, most controversial novel opens as the spoiled Gwendolen Harleth, poised at a roulette table about to throw away a small fortune, captivates Daniel Deronda. As their lives become intertwined, they are also transformed by suffering, misfortune, revelations and Daniel’s fascination with the Jewish singer Mirah.

Daniel Deronda shocked Victorian readers with its portrayal of the Jewish experience in British society, and remains a moving and epic portrayal of human passions. Part of a series of vintage recordings taken from the Penguin Archives. Affordable, collectable, quality productions - perfect for on-the-go listening.

©2012 George Eliot (P)2012 Penguin Audio Classics Drama & Plays European World Literature Celebrity
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George Eliot saves this book until last but it is not one of her best.

Not her best

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I very much enjoyed this book and the reading by Eleaner Bron - and I chose this abridged version deliberately, feeling I might not last the 36 hours of a full reading. It is a lesser masterpiece by George Eliot, one of my very favourite writers, but in five and a half hours we get the essence of the stories of Gwendolen Harleth and Daniel Deronda. Eleanor Bron was the ideal reader for this Victorian novel, going from the world of the British upper crust to the more hiden Jewish world of Britain and Europe.

Fine reading of lesser masterpiece

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