

Felix Holt, The Radical
Author: George Eliot
Narrator: Nadia May
Unabridged: 17 hr 51 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Published: 01/01/2006
Author: George Eliot
Narrator: Nadia May
Unabridged: 17 hr 51 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Published: 01/01/2006
George Eliot is the masculine pen name of Mary Ann Evans (1819–1880), one of Victorian England's leading novelists. Her first stories appeared in Blackwood's magazine, followed by such novels as The Mill on the Floss, Silas Marner, and Middlemarch. Her work was popular with critics and the public alike, and in later years her novels were especially valued for their detailed portrayals of rural English life.
There are, I think, two problems with this generally excellent novel. The first relates to how it is approached, and tends to lead to some of the issues readers have with it, and the second arises from the choices made by its main character at its end. The first issue comes from the book's title. Th......more
Well that was unexpected… I loved this book! I found this novel when looking for books from 1866 for one of the classics buffet challenges. I’m pretty sure I was unaware of it before. Felix Holt arrives in the village of Little Treby to return to his mother’s home after giving up his study of medicine......more