George Eliot, Romola

Nathan Uglow (Trinity All Saints, Leeds)

The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.1.07: English Writing and Culture of the Victorian Period, 1837-1901.
Vol. editors: Gillian Fenwick (University of Toronto), Grace Moore (University of Otago)

Dates

First circulation or publication 1862 - 1863

Places

England (Country of Origin)

Genres and Modes

Novel

Resources

George Eliot and G. H. Lewes were anxious authors and preferred to be out of the country while their latest books were being published, so May of 1860 duly found them on a Continental tour. Happily it soon transpired they had little cause for anxiety as back home her novel Silas Marner was selling well and so was his Physiology of Common Life. Buoyed up by this news and inspired by the artistic beauty and historical heritage of their Florentine surroundings, Lewes, ever the astute literary agent, suggested that Eliot write something in the very marketable historical novel genre. Eliot was so enthusiastic about the idea that she set to work straight away. Instead of sticking with Eliot's usual publisher, the Blackwood …

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Citation: Uglow, Nathan. "Romola". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 30 June 2002 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=2324, accessed 26 November 2024.]

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