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Felix Holt, The Radical Kindle Edition

by George Eliot (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00AQM6F7E
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ December 18, 2012
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 764 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 615 pages
  • Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ B08FK797WX
  • Customer Reviews:
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    Mary Ann Evans (22 November 1819 - 22 December 1880; alternatively "Mary Anne" or "Marian"), known by her pen name George Eliot, was an English novelist, poet, journalist, translator and one of the leading writers of the Victorian era. She is the author of seven novels, including Adam Bede (1859), The Mill on the Floss (1860), Silas Marner (1861), Felix Holt, the Radical (1866), Middlemarch (1871-72), and Daniel Deronda (1876), most of them set in provincial England and known for their realism and psychological insight.

    She used a male pen name, she said, to ensure her works would be taken seriously. Female authors were published under their own names during Eliot's life, but she wanted to escape the stereotype of women only writing lighthearted romances. She also wished to have her fiction judged separately from her already extensive and widely known work as an editor and critic. An additional factor in her use of a pen name may have been a desire to shield her private life from public scrutiny and to prevent scandals attending her relationship with the married George Henry Lewes, with whom she lived for over 20 years.

    Her 1872 work Middlemarch has been described by Martin Amis and Julian Barnes as the greatest novel in the English language.

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Shannon
5.0 out of 5 stars Soul food
Reviewed in the United States on March 16, 2015
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George Eliot is good for my soul. The plot was slow-going at first, but it's worth trudging through for a very fulfilling story and wonderful character development. She is able to capture and even elucidate insights into the human heart, my own heart, in a way that feels so satisfying - like eating my favorite comfort dish on a cold, rainy day.
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Khirul
4.0 out of 5 stars Powerful
Reviewed in the United States on July 9, 2014
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All the elements of George Eliot' s style and characters. Several mysteries are presented and solved. Holt is noble, but not entirely credible. Most of the characters actually show development in the course of the story. Esther Lyon is an appealing amalgam of the best in Eliot' s heroines.
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Montana Mackay
5.0 out of 5 stars George Eliot is the Best
Reviewed in the United States on October 8, 2015
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The book opens with a very well done, detailed profile of a once-wealthy woman--Mrs. Transome--who, like the estate she manages, suffers from dwindled resources. George Eliot draws an interesting portrait of her, creating empathy and sympathy in the reader, yet also alluding in a quietly strategic way that "there is more to learn" about this woman and her circumstances.

Enter the long-traveling son, who has made his fortune in the middle east and has the potential to restore the estate to its former grandeur. Indeed, he sets about doing this, and as that process begins, the other plots are ushered in. There is a great deal of time and effort spent on the Whigs, Tories, and Radicals, which was interesting and yet prompted me to Google various terms on a frequent basis. For us 21st century Americans, a lot of water has gone under the bridge since these royalist/anti-royalist/labor concepts were in flower. The central plot, however, is the love story between the lovely Esther Lyon and her reluctant suitor, Felix Holt. Felix seems to embody the pure voice of the common man, speaking with courage, selflessness, and unabashed virtue. He is almost unbelievably pristine in his moral makeup, but he was still fascinating. His prompting and nudging of Esther to abandon her pettiness and vanity has a surprisingly rapid effect on her, but this did not bother me, as I found the "early Esther" to be quite annoying and I--like Felix--very much wanted her to change.

Felix gets himself in some very hot legal water through a chain of events that seems a bit fantastical, but the plot moves along briskly. I am so used to George Eliot and have so much respect for her that I don't mind her lofty and rhapsodic passages. They are fine and they help make her the great author she is.
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Beth Findley
5.0 out of 5 stars I have just begun to read it but I love the way George Eliot describes the times these books ...
Reviewed in the United States on May 4, 2018
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It is a reprint of the original edition which came out many years ago. I have just begun to read it but I love the way George Eliot describes the times these books were written in and the characters are never stereotypical and she always has a point to make about how society can make things for people. The print in this book is so small I got another copy from another publisher but I will keep this as a collectors book for my self so I am happy!
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Dr. Karen J. Rosenbaum
3.0 out of 5 stars Three Stars
Reviewed in the United States on September 4, 2017
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Not the very best George Eliot, but a good read.
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Tera Lynn Hausmann
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, Beautiful, Moral if that is what you are into
Reviewed in the United States on August 4, 2013
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I adore George Eliot and I feel blessed I had the opportunity to read this book. I will read it again. It is perfect. Not for everyone though. Don't bother unless you already suffer from British literature obsession.
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Helen L. Worcester
4.0 out of 5 stars Felix Holt, the Radical
Reviewed in the United States on September 24, 2016
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Typical of George Eliot, her focus is much more on ideas than on the story. Much of Felix Holt the Radical is about the political machinations of an election. The politics are dirty, no different in most respects than they are today. Reading the classics is always a reminder of how little humans change fundamentally.

As in Adam Bede, the title character is not really the main character, nor the most interesting. I, in accord with others who have written reviews of this book, think that Mrs. Transome is one of Eliot’s best characters, neither idealized nor demonized.

“This girl has a fine spirit—plenty of fire and pride and wit. Men like such captives, as they like horses that champ the bit and paw the ground: they feel more triumph in their mastery. What is the use of a woman's will?— if she tries, she doesn't get it, and she ceases to be loved. God was cruel when He made women."

Though it is somewhat slow going at first, Felix Holt has enough political chicanery, plot twists, surprises, and Eliot wit and wisdom to highly recommend it.
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aLittleBit iKnow
5.0 out of 5 stars Felix Holt, The Radical George Eliot
Reviewed in the United States on January 14, 2017
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I now have all of George Eliot's writings! I love everything she ever wrote!
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WissWiss
4.0 out of 5 stars Bien.
Reviewed in France on March 21, 2023
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Brian
4.0 out of 5 stars Relevant politics
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 26, 2016
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A strong political novel and relevant to the UK post EU referendum
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Jackie M
1.0 out of 5 stars Gave up after reading first quarter of book!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 10, 2021
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I tried very hard to enjoy this book, after all, I’ve enjoyed many other books by George Elliot. But oh, it was hard going. At the 28% mark, I decided it wasn’t going to improve.
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