1887-1896 The Novels of George Eliot; George Eliot’s Life as Related in her Letters and Journals

Description

Illustrated, Leather Binding

Nine volumes in eight, uniformly bound in half calf bindings, with gilt detailing to the spines, and marbled edges and end papers.

The complete set of novels of one of the leading novelists of the Victorian era, George Eliot, along with her short story collection Scenes of Clerical Life.

With most of her novels set in provincial England, Eliot's works are known for their realism, psychological insight, sense of place and detailed depiction of the countryside.

This set comprises:
Volume I: Adam Bede. New edition (1895). Illustrated with six plates and a title page vignette.
Volume II: The Mill on the Floss. Stereotyped edition (1893). Illustrated with six plates and a title page vignette.
Volumes III-IV (2vols in 1): Silas Marner. Stereotyped edition (1896). Illustrated with two plates and a title page vignette. Scenes of Clerical Life. Stereotyped edition (1896). Illustrated with five plates and a title page vignette.
Volume V: Felix Holt, the Radical. Stereotyped edition (1896). Illustrated with six plates and a title page vignette.
Volume VI: Romola. Stereotyped edition (1893). Illustrated with a title page vignette.
Volume VII: Middlemarch. New edition (1889). Illustrated with a title page vignette.
Volume VIII: Daniel Deronda. New edition (1888). Illustrated with a title page vignette.
Volume IX: George Eliot’s Life as Related in her Letters and Journals, arranged and edited by her husband J. W. Cross. New edition (1887). Illustrated with a frontispiece and eight plates.

Collated, complete.

Volumes I to VI, and volume IX are undated; dated from copies held in the University of Cambridge Libraries, the University of Oxford Libraries, and the University of Leeds Libraries.