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COMPLETE NOVELS (7 VOLUMES)

by George Eliot

Published by Folio Society. 1st thus. 1999

Slightly better than very good condition. Set in two slip-cases consists of: Silas Marner; The Mill on the Floss; Adam Bede; Romola; Felix Holt; Daniel Deronda; Middlemarch. Different colour cloths with b/w engravings by different illustrators.

Top edge of text blocks is grubby/lightly browned at the opening ends (approx 2" maximum starting from outside edge). Spine of Middlemarch is faded, only noticeable when removed from the slipcase. Otherwise, a very nice set contained in two slipcases which are lightly scuffed.

Stock no. 1830789

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Contents

  • CONTENTS OF ALL SEVEN VOLUMES:
  • ADAM BEDE
  • Introduction
  • BOOK FIRST
  • 1 The Workshop
  • 2 The Preaching
  • 3 After the Preaching
  • 4 Home and Its Sorrow
  • 5 The Rector
  • 6 The Hall Farm
  • 7 The Dairy
  • 8 A Vocation
  • 9 Hetty's World
  • 10 Dinah Visits Lisbeth
  • 11 In the Cottage
  • 12 In the Wood
  • 13 Evening in the Wood
  • 14 The Return Home
  • 15 The Two Bedchambers
  • 16 Links
  • BOOK SECOND
  • 17 In Which the Story Pauses a Little
  • 18 Church
  • 19 Adam on a Working Day
  • 20 Adam Visits the Hall Farm
  • 21 The Night-School and the Schoolmaster
  • BOOK THIRD
  • 22 Going to the Birthday Feast
  • 23 Dinner-time
  • 24 The Health Drinking
  • 25 The Games
  • 26 The Dance
  • BOOK FOURTH
  • 27 A Crisis
  • 28 A Dilemma
  • 29 The Next Morning
  • 30 The Delivery of the Letter
  • 31 In Hetty's Bedchamber
  • 32 Mrs Poyser 'Has Her Say Out'
  • 33 More Links
  • 34 The Betrothal
  • 35 The Hidden Dread
  • BOOK FIFTH
  • 36 The Journey in Hope
  • 37 The Journey in Despair
  • 38 The Quest
  • 39 The Tidings
  • 40 The Bitter Waters Spread
  • 41 The Eve of the Trial
  • 42 The Morning of the Trial
  • 43 The Verdict
  • 44 Arthur's Return
  • 45 In the Prison
  • 46 The Hours of Suspense
  • 47 The Last Moment
  • 48 Another Meeting in the Wood
  • BOOK SIXTH
  • 49 At The Hall Farm
  • 50 In the Cottage
  • 51 Sunday Morning
  • 52 Adam and Dinah
  • 53 The Harvest Supper
  • 54 The Meeting on the Hill
  • 55 Marriage Bells
  • Epilogue
  • THE MILL ON THE FLOSS
  • Introduction
  • BOOK FIRST
  • Boy and Girl
  • 1 Outside Dorlcote Mill
  • 2 Mr Tulliver, of Dorlcote Mill, Declares his Resolution about Tom
  • 3 Mr Riley Gives his Advice concerning a School for Tom
  • 4 Tom is Expected
  • 5 Tom Comes Home
  • 6 The Aunts and Uncles are Coming
  • 7 Enter the Aunts and Uncles
  • 8 Mr Tulliver Shows his Weaker Side
  • 9 To Garum Firs
  • 10 Maggie Behaves Worse than she Expected
  • 11 Maggie Tries to Run Away from Her Shadow
  • 12 Mr And Mrs Clegg at Home
  • 13 Mr Tullver Further Entangles the Skein of Life
  • SECOND BOOK
  • School-Time
  • 1 Tom's 'First Half'
  • 2 The Christmas Holidays
  • 3 The New Schoolfellow
  • 4 'The Young Idea'
  • 5 Maggie's Second Visit
  • 6 A Love-Scene
  • 7 The Golden Gates are Passed
  • BOOK THIRD
  • The Downfall
  • 1 What had Happened at Home
  • 2 Mrs Tulliver's Teraphim, or Household Gods
  • 3 The Family Council
  • 4 A Vanishing Gleam
  • 5 Tom Applies his Knife to the Oyster
  • 6 Tending to Refute the Popular Prejudice against the Present of a Pocket-Knife
  • 7 How a Hen Takes to Stratagem
  • 8 Daylight on the Wreck
  • 9 An Item Added to the Family Register
  • BOOK FOURTH
  • The Valley of Humiliation
  • 1 A Variation of Protestantism Unknown to Bossuet
  • 2 The Torn Nest is Pierced by the Thorns
  • 3 A Voice from the Past
  • BOOK FIFTH
  • Wheat and Tares
  • 1 The Red Deeps
  • 2 Aunt Glegg Learns the Breadth of Bob's Thumb
  • 3 The Wavering Balance
  • 4 Another Love-Scene
  • 5 The Cloven Tree
  • 6 The Hard-Won Triumph
  • 7 A Day of Reckoning
  • BOOK SIXTH
  • The Great Temptation
  • 1 A Duet in Paradise
  • 2 First Impressions
  • 3 Confidential Moments
  • 4 Brother and Sister
  • 5 Showing that Tome had Opened the Oyster
  • 6 Illustrating the Laws of Attraction
  • 7 Philip Re-enters
  • 8 Wakem in a New Light
  • 9 Charity in Full Dress
  • 10 The Spell Seems Broken
  • 11 In the Lane
  • 12 A Family Party
  • 13 Borne Along by the Tide
  • 14 Waking
  • BOOK SEVENTH
  • The Final Rescue
  • 1 The Return to the Mill
  • 2 St Ogg's Passes Judgement
  • 3 Showing that Old Acquaintances are Capable of Surprising Us
  • 4 Maggie and Lucy
  • 5 the Last Conflict
  • Conclusion
  • SILAS MARNER
  • Introduction
  • SILAR MARNER: THE WEAVER OF RAVELOE
  • SCENES OF CLERICAL LIFE
  • The Sad Fortunes of the Rev, Amos Barton
  • Mr Gilfil's Love-Story
  • Janet's Repentance

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