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Romola is a historical novel written between 1862 and 1863 by English author Mary Ann Evans under the pen name of George Eliot set in the fifteenth century. It is "a deep study of life in the city of Florence from an intellectual, artistic, religious, and social point of view". [1]
Silas Marner (1861) and Romola (1863) soon followed, and later Felix Holt, the Radical (1866) and her most acclaimed novel, Middlemarch (1871–1872). Her last novel was Daniel Deronda, published in 1876, after which she and Lewes moved to Witley, Surrey. By this time Lewes's health was failing, and he died two years later, on 30 November 1878.
Romola is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by Henry King and shot on location in Italy. [1] The film stars Lillian Gish , Dorothy Gish , William Powell , and Ronald Colman , and is based on the 1863 George Eliot novel of the same name .
Romola Sadie Garai (/ ˈ r ɒ m ə l ə ˈ ɡ ær i / ROM-ə-lə GARR-ee; [1] born 6 August 1982) is a Hong Kong-born British actress and film director. Known for her extensive work on stage and screen, she often acts in period films.
Novels set in Florence. Pages in category "Novels set in Florence" The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total. ... Romola; A Room with a View; S.
This list of historical fiction is designed to provide examples of notable works of historical fiction (in literature, film, comics, etc.) organized by time period.. For a more exhaustive list of historical novels by period, see Category:Historical novels by setting, which lists relevant Wikipedia categories; see also the larger List of historical novels, which is organized by country, as well ...
Eliot had previously written a more obviously historical novel, Romola (1862–1863), set in 15th-century Florence. The critics Kathleen Blake and Michael York Mason argue that there has been insufficient attention given to Middlemarch "as a historical novel that evokes the past in relation to the present". [20]
The Miniaturist is the 2014 debut novel of English actor and author Jessie Burton. [2] An international bestseller, it was the focus of a publishers' bidding war at the 2013 London Book Fair. [2] Set in Amsterdam in 1686–87, the novel was inspired by Petronella Oortman's doll's house on display at the Rijksmuseum.