Romola
Sign in to saveRomola is a historical novel written between 1862 and 1863 by English author Mary Ann Evans under the pen name of George Eliot set in the late fifteenth century, specifically the 1490s. It is "a deep study of life in the city of Florence from an intellectual, artistic, religious, and social point of view". The story takes place amidst actual historical events during the Italian Renaissance, and includes in its plot several notable figures from Florentine history.
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- Author
- George Eliot
- First published
- 1863
- Editions
- 81
- Subjects
- Married women, Greeks, Self-sacrifice, Fiction, History, Women, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, historical
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Key facts
- Book.name
- Romola
- Book.image
- Romola 1863.jpg
- Book.caption
- Title page of the first edition, 1862–1863
- Book.author
- George Eliot(aka Mary Ann Evans)
- Book.country
- United Kingdom
- Book.language
- English
- Book.genre
- Historical novel
- Book.publisher
- Smith, Elder & Co.
- Book.release_date
- 1862–63
- Book.preceded_by
- Silas Marner
- Book.followed_by
- Felix Holt, the Radical
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Literary significance and criticism
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Romola is a historical novel written between 1862 and 1863 by English author Mary Ann Evans under the pen name of George Eliot set in the late fifteenth century, specifically the 1490s. It is "a deep study of life in the city of Florence from an intellectual, artistic, religious, and social point of view". The story takes place amidst actual historical events during the Italian Renaissance, and includes in its plot several notable figures from Florentine history.
The novel first appeared in fourteen parts published in Cornhill Magazine from July 1862 (vol. 6, no. 31) to August 1863 (vol. 8, no. 44), and was first published as a book, in three volumes, by Smith, Elder & Co. in 1863.
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