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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Wikidata facts
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- #24020
- Instance of
- literary work
- Author
- George Eliot
- Genre
- historical fiction
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Followed by
- Felix Holt, the Radical
- Follows
- Silas Marner
- Narrative location
- Florence
- Image
- Romola 1863.jpg
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- publication date
- 1862-00-00
- language of work or name
- English language
- Commons category
- Romola
- title
- Romola
- set in period
- 15th century
- different from
- Romola
- copyright status
- public domain
- first line
- More than three centuries and a half ago, in the mid spring-time of 1492, we are sure that the angel of the dawn, as he travelled with broad slow wing from the Levant to the Pillars of Hercules, and from the summits of the Caucasus across all the snowy Alpine ridges to the dark nakedness of the Western isles, saw nearly the same outline of firm land and unstable sea—saw the same great mountain shadows on the same valleys as he has seen to-day—saw olive mounts, and pine forests, and the broad plains, green with young corn or rain-freshened grass—saw the domes and spires of cities rising by the river sides or mingled with the sedge-like masts on the many-curved sea coast, in the same spots where they rise to-day.
- last line
- "Never mind," said Romola. "There are many good people who did not love Fra Girolamo. Perhaps I should never have learned to love him if he had not helped me when I was in great need."
- described by source
- New International Encyclopedia
- form of creative work
- novel
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Encyclopedic overview
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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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