Felix Holt, the Radical - George Eliot - Boeken - Bibliotech Press - 9781618957009 - 19 augustus 2019
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Felix Holt, the Radical

George Eliot

Felix Holt, the Radical

Felix Holt, the Radical (1866) is a social novel written by George Eliot about political disputes in a small English town at the time of the First Reform Act of 1832.

In January 1868, Eliot penned an article entitled "Address to Working Men, by Felix Holt". This came on the heels of the Second Reform Act of 1867 which expanded the right to vote beyond the landed classes and was written in the character of, and signed by, Felix Holt.

Set during the time of the Reform Act of 1832, the story centers on an election contested by Harold Transome, a local landowner, in the "Radical cause" ("Radical" because Transome's version of "radicalism" isn't radical at all, but rather an application of the term to his politically stagnate lifestyle), contrary to his family's Tory traditions. Contrasting with the opportunism of Transome is the sincere, but opinionated, Radical Felix Holt. A subplot concerns the stepdaughter of a Dissenting minister who is the true heir to the Transome estate, but who is unaware of the fact. She becomes the object of the affections of both Harold Transome and Felix Holt.

Media Boeken     Hardcover Book   (Boek met harde rug en kaft)
Vrijgegeven 19 augustus 2019
ISBN13 9781618957009
Uitgevers Bibliotech Press
Pagina's 348
Afmetingen 152 × 229 × 24 mm   ·   662 g
Taal en grammatica Engels  

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