Romola

260 Pages·2005·29.495 MB·English

by  George Eliot

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ROMOLA
George Eliot
The most exotic of George Eliot s works, Romola recounts the story of the
famous religious leader Savonarola in Florence at the time of Machiavelli and
the Medicis. Of all her novels, this was the author s favourite.
No other Eliot novel was illustrated in its first edition. Romola, however,
was sought by George Smith for serialization in the prestigious
illustrated Cornhill Magazine. Smith commissioned illustrations for the
novel from the rising young artist Frederick Leighton, who had studied
in Florence in the 1840s and had frequently painted Florentine
Renaissance subjects. Romola was serialised with the Leighton
illustrations in the magazine from July 1862 to August 1863. It was first
published in book form in 1863; the first edition was published by
Smith, Elder in three volumes, and a one-volume edition in two-column
format with all but one of the Leighton illustrations was published later
that year by Harper & Brothers in the United States. This facsimile
reprint is of the one-volume 1863 Harper & Brothers edition, and
includes 8 pages of original advertisements from the back of the book.
This is one of a series from Broadview Press of facsimile reprint
editions—editions that provide readers with a direct sense of
these works as the Victorians themselves experienced them.
The list of such titles available thus far is as follows:
• Charles Dickens, David Copperfield (the two-column 1870s
Household Edition, with illustrations by Fred Barnard)
• Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist (fat 1846 serial publication in ten
numbers, with illustrations by George Cruikshank)
• George Du Maurier, Trilby (first publication in book form, 1894,
including all 120 illustrations by the author)
• George Eliot, Romola (first publication in one volume, 1863, two-
column format, with illustrations by Frederick Leighton)
• Anthony Trollope, The Way We Live Now (first publication in one
volume, 1875, two-column format, with illustrations by Lionel
Grimshaw Fawkes)
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R 0 M 0 L A.
& NontL
BY GEORGE ELIOT,
AUTHOR OF
"ADAM BEDE," "THE MILL ON THE FLOSS," "SCENES OP CLERICAL LIFE," AND
rt SILAS MARNER."
IBitji 31ln0tntta&
NEW YORK:
HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS,
FRANKLIN SQUARE.
1865.
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C O N T E N T S,
Page
PROEM 9
CHAPTER I.
THE SHIPWRECKED STRANGER 12
CHAPTER II.
A BREAKFAST FOR LOVE.... 18
CHAPTER III.
THE BARBER'S SHOP A
CHAPTER IV.
FIRST IMPRESSIONS 25
CHAPTER V.
THE BLIND SCHOLAR AND HIS DAUGHTER 26
CHAPTER VI.
DAWNING HOPES 32
CHAPTER VII.
A LEARNED SQUARBLE 39
CHAPTER VHI.
A FACE IN THE CROWD 41
CHAPTER IX.
A MAN'S RANSOM 47
CHAPTER X.
UNDER THE PLANE-TREE 50
CHAPTER XI.
TITO'S DILEMMA 56
CHAPTER XII.
THE PRIZE is NEARLY GRASPED 57
CHAPTER XIII.
THE SHADOW OF NEMESIS 63
CHAPTER XIV.
THE PEASANTS' FAIR 66
CHAPTER XV.
THE DYING MESSAGE 73
CHAPTER XVI.
A FLORENTINE JOKE 77
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iv CONTENTS.
CHAPTER XVII.
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UNDER THE LOGGIA 83
CHAPTER XVIII.
THE PORTRAIT 8G
CHAPTER XDC.
THE OLD MAN'S HOPE 88
CHAPTER XX.
THE DAT OP THE BETROTHAL 90
CHAPTER XXI.
FLORENCE EXPECTS A GUEST 94
CHAPTER XXH.
THE PRISONERS 97
CHAPTER XXIII.
AFTER-THOUGHTS 101
CHAPTER XXIV.
INSIDE THE DUOMO 102
CHAPTER XXV.
OUTSIDE THE DUOMO 104
CHAPTER XXVI.
THE GARMENT OF FEAR IOC
CHAPTER XXVH.
THE YOUNG WIPE J09
CHAPTER XXVIII.
THE PAINTED RECORD 114
CHAPTER XXIX.
A MOMENT OF TRIUMPH 117
CHAPTER XXX.
THE AVENGER'S SECRET 120
CHAPTER XXXI.
FRUIT is SEED 124
CHAPTER XXXII.
A REVELATION 126
CHAPTER XXXIII.
BALDASSARRE MAKES AN ACQUAINTANCE 130
CHAPTER XXXIV.
No PLACE FOR REPENTANCE 134
CHAPTER XXXV.
WHAT FLORENCE WAS THINKING OF 139
CHAPTER XXXVI.
ARIADNE DISCROWNS HERSELF 140
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CONTENTS. v
CHAPTER XXXVII.
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THE TABERNACLE UNLOCKED 144=
CHAPTER XXXVIII.
THE BLACK MARKS BECOME MAGICAL 147
CHAPTER XXXIX.
A SUPPER IN THE RUCELLAI GARDENS 149
CHAPTER XL.
AN ARRESTING* VOICE 157
CHAPTER XLI.
COMING- BACK 161
CHAPTER XLII.
ROMOLA IN HER PLACE 162
CHAPTER XLIIL
THE UNSEEN MADONNA 165
CHAPTER XLIV.
THE VISIBLE MADONNA.... 168
CHAPTER XLV.
AT THE BARBER'S SHOP 171
CHAPTER XLVL
BY A STREET LAMP 175
CHAPTER XLVIL
CHECK 179
CHAPTER XLVIII.
COUNTERCHECK 180
CHAPTER XLIX.
THE PYRAMID or VANITIES 182
CHAPTER L.
TESSA ABROAD AND AT HOME 185
CHAPTER LI.
MONNA BRIGIDA'S CONVERSION 189
CHAPTER LIL
A PROPHETESS 192
CHAPTER LIII.
ON SAN MINIATO 195
CHAPTER LIV.
THE EVENING AND THE MORNING 197
CHAPTER LV.
WAITING 199
CHAPTER LVT.
THE OTHER WIFE 200
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CHAPTER LVII.
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WHY TITO WAS SAFE 206
CHAPTER LVm.
A FINAL UNDERSTANDING 208
CHAPTER LIX.
PLEADING 210
CHAPTER LX.
THE SCAFFOLD.*...... 214
CHAPTER LXI.
DRIFTING AWAY 217
CHAPTER LXIL
THE BENEDICTION 219
CHAPTER LXIH.
RIPENING SCHEMES 221
CHAPTER LXIV.
THE PROPHET IN HIS CELL 226
CHAPTER LXV.
THE TRIAL BY FERE 229
CHAPTER LXVL
A MASQUE OP THE FURIES 232
CHAPTER LXVIL
WAITING BY THE RIVER 234
CHAPTER LXVIII.
ROMOLA'S WAKING 237
CHAPTER LXIX.
HOMEWARD 241
CHAPTER LXX.
MEETING AGAIN 242
CHAPTER LXXI.
THE CONFESSION 244
CHAPTER LXXII.
THE LAST SILENCE 247
EPILOGUE 248