The Lifted Veil and Brother Jacob (Large Print Edition)

By George Eliot

Book Overview

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1604509015
• ISBN13: 9781604509014
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Arc Manor
• Length: 140 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Between Frankenstein and Dr. Jekyll

A little-read story of George Eliot's "The Lifted Veil" is a lovely example of the intersection between humanities and science in 1859: it ends with a revivification scene worthy of Mary Shelley. Written just before Eliot admitted to being the author of *Adam Bede*, the emasculated protagonist, Latimer, mirrors Eliot herself in his desire for solitude. Exceedingly well-crafted Victorian writing. (I don't know the other story *Brother Jacob* well: it espouses that the wages of sin are embarassment and ostracization.)