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Daniel Deronda

By: George Eliot
Narrated by: Juliet Stevenson
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Meeting by chance at a gambling hall in Europe, the separate lives of Daniel Deronda and Gwendolen Harleth are immediately intertwined. Daniel, an Englishman of uncertain parentage, becomes Gwendolyn's redeemer as she finds herself drawn to his spiritual and altruistic nature after a loveless marriage. But Daniel's path was already set when he rescued a young Jewess from suicide.

Daniel Deronda, George Eliot's final novel, is a remarkable work, encompassing themes of religion, imperialism and gender within its broad and fascinating scope.

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After listening to Juliet Stevenson read Middlemarch, I was longing for something more from both Eliot and Stevenson. Happily, I found this novel. The story itself is not quite as tidy as Middlemarch, but that might make me like it all the more.

I hope miss Stevenson will find it in her heart to read "Mill on the Floss" next. For myself and countless others, she has provided a new window into the classics.

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Juliet Stevenson is amazing

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I love Middlemarch and this story has same wit and many of the same themes. Plus Juliet Stevenson is an amazing reader; I have listened to many books just because she reads them. I feel grateful that she does this work!

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Thank God that's over.

George Eliot is wonderful, and Juliet Stevenson is superb, but this novel really is the most preachy, self-righteous thing that ever taxed my perseverance. And I know she meant it to be positive to Jews (read up on the terrible conditions of Jews in England in the 18th and 19th centuries) but George was a product of her time and so some of her observations, naturally, reek of anti-Semitism in and of themselves.

The reader Juliet Stevenson, Grandcourt's first conversation with Gwendolyn, and my love for Middlemarch were the only reasons I kept listening.

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Sweepingly Beautiful Story

Daniel Deronda by George Eliot surprised me at how much it moved me. Having just finished the audio book of Middlemarch which I liked very much, but which did not move me in the same way, I was slightly reluctant to begin Daniel Deronda. But the story is so utterly fascinating and so enriching and beautiful that it really did take me to places beyond those I experienced in Middlemarch. It's a very emotional journey of this man Daniel Deronda who finds himself and his heritage to be exactly what he would have wanted, in Judaism and Eliot tells it with such painful considerations to all those involved that you can't help but be utterly broken. And Gwendolyn the other side of this novel, so different from the good, decent, moral and caring Deronda and yet wanting to be. She is left to rebuild a broken life stunted by an evil husband who she seemingly lets die and is left with a meager inheritance to do some good with, as she says, in trying to be good in her new life.

Juliette Stevenson reads all the characters with richness and vigor and makes them as real as any I've heard on audiobooks. She elucidated the novel through her performance and I throughly enjoyed her.

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An eternal classic.

As fresh and insightful about the human condition as ever. Two intertwined narratives about two young people searching for meaning and identity. Perfectly performed. A pleasure.

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Stunningly absorbing

Magnificent writing, compelling richly psychologically sophisticated and fascinating treatment of Jews and Zionism. Reader has beautiful intonation for different characters

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Good narration. Compelling characters.

Good narration. Compelling characters and interesting story, but painfully slow at times. I wanted to read it though so I am thankful for the audio version!

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Juliet Stevenson is the perfect narrator.

Daniel Deronda is not one of my favourite George Eliot books. She gets very bogged down with long tedious passages.

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This book should have faded in to oblivion

From start to finish awful. Hated every character. The moralizing was so obvious. Not all books should continue to be reprinted.

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Possibly the most important of George Eliot's works.

This book is rich with poetic and musical references, but that is not what makes this one of the most important books of the 19th century. In Daniel Deronda, George Eliot explores how Jewish people lived in England and Spain in the 1800s as well as the prejudices that befell them. She clearly intensely studied Judaism from a religious and cultural point of view and her sympathy towards the Jewish people makes her one of my favorite authors! She also deals with feminist issues and depicts extremely complex and unexpected characters! Loved it with all my heart and soul!

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