Daniel Deronda

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Daniel Deronda is a novel by George Eliot that intertwines an English social drama with a profound exploration of Jewish identity, nationalism, and moral responsibility in Victorian society.

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instanceOf novel
adaptedAs radio drama
television series
author George Eliot
George Eliot
surface form: Mary Ann Evans
centralTheme Jewish identity
Zionism
assimilation and cultural difference
marriage and gender roles
moral responsibility
nationalism
religion and spirituality
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
explores consequences of egoism
constraints on women in Victorian society
ethical decision-making
formation of Jewish national consciousness
firstPublishedIn The Cornhill Magazine
surface form: Cornhill Magazine
genre Victorian novel
Zionist novel
bildungsroman
philosophical novel
social novel
hasCharacter Henleigh Grandcourt
Mirah Lapidoth
Mordecai
Sir Hugo Mallinger
hasMainCharacter Daniel Deronda self-link
Gwendolen Harleth
hasTitleCharacter Daniel Deronda self-link
literaryForm prose fiction
literaryMovement Victorian literature
literarySignificance influential in early Zionist thought
major work of George Eliot
mainSetting England
London, England
surface form: London

continental Europe
narrativePerspective third-person omniscient
narrativeStructure interlaced plots
originalLanguage English
plotElement English social drama
Jewish nationalist vision
publicationDate 1876
publicationFormat serial
publisher William Blackwood and Sons
settingPeriod Victorian era
timeOfAction 19th century

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Daniel Deronda hasMainCharacter Daniel Deronda self-link
Daniel Deronda hasTitleCharacter Daniel Deronda self-link
George Eliot notableWork Daniel Deronda