![]() ![]() The novel begins in late August 1865 with the meeting of Daniel and Gwendolen Harleth in the fictional town of Leubronn, Germany. All the same Daniel's story has had a significant influence on Zionism.ĭaniel Deronda contains two main strains of plot, united by the title character. The novel has two main strands of plot, and while the "story of Gwendolen" has been described as "one of the masterpieces of English fiction", that part concerned with Daniel Deronda has been described as "flat and unconvincing". It has also been adapted for the stage, notably in the 1960s by the 69 Theatre Company in Manchester with Vanessa Redgrave cast as the heroine Gwendolen Harleth. The novel has been adapted for film three times, once as a silent feature and twice for television. The work's mixture of social satire and moral searching, along with its sympathetic rendering of Jewish proto- Zionist ideas, has made it the controversial final statement of one of the most renowned Victorian novelists. It was the last novel she completed and the only one set in the Victorian society of her day. Daniel Deronda is a novel written by English author George Eliot, first published in eight parts (books) February to September 1876. ![]()
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