Daniel Deronda is a novel by George Eliot that follows Gwendolen Harleth, a proud young woman, and Daniel Deronda, a man seeking his origins. It explores identity, duty, and Jewish nationalism in Victorian England. Worth listening to for its deep psychological insight and moral complexity.
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Opening of the book
DANIEL DERONDA By George Eliot Let thy chief terror be of thine own soul: There, ’mid the throng of hurrying desires That trample on the dead to seize their spoil, Lurks vengeance, footless, irresistible As exhalations laden with slow death, And o’er the fairest troop of captured joys Breathes pallid pestilence. Contents DANIEL DERONDA. BOOK I.—THE SPOILED CHILD. CHAPTER I. CHAPTER II. CHAPTER III. CHAPTER IV. CHAPTER V. CHAPTER VI. CHAPTER VII. CHAPTER VIII. CHAPTER IX.
CHAPTER X. BOOK II.—MEETING STREAMS. CHAPTER XI. CHAPTER XII. CHAPTER XIII. CHAPTER XIV. CHAPTER XV. CHAPTER XVI. CHAPTER XVII. CHAPTER XVIII. BOOK III.—MAIDENS CHOOSING. CHAPTER XIX. CHAPTER XX. CHAPTER XXI. CHAPTER XXII. CHAPTER XXIII. CHAPTER XXIV. CHAPTER XXV. CHAPTER XXVI. CHAPTER XXVII. BOOK IV.—GWENDOLEN GETS HER CHOICE. CHAPTER XXVIII. CHAPTER XXIX. CHAPTER XXX. CHAPTER XXXI. CHAPTER XXXII. CHAPTER XXXIII. CHAPTER XXXIV.
BOOK V.—MORDECAI. CHAPTER XXXV. CHAPTER XXXVI. CHAPTER XXXVII. CHAPTER XXXVIII. CHAPTER XXXIX. CHAPTER XL. BOOK VI.—REVELATIONS CHAPTER XLI. CHAPTER XLII. CHAPTER XLIII. CHAPTER XLIV. CHAPTER XLV. CHAPTER XLVI. CHAPTER XLVII. CHAPTER XLVIII. CHAPTER XLIX. BOOK VII.—THE MOTHER AND THE SON CHAPTER L. CHAPTER LI. CHAPTER LII. CHAPTER LIII. CHAPTER LIV. CHAPTER LV. CHAPTER LVI. CHAPTER LVII. BOOK VIII.—FRUIT AND SEED. CHAPTER LVIII.