Romola (London 1863)/Volume 1

by George Eliot

 

ROMOLA.

 

BY

GEORGE ELIOT,

AUTHOR OF
"ADAM BEDE," "THE MILL ON THE FLOSS," "SILAS MARNER,"
AND "SCENES OF CLERICAL LIFE."

 

IN THREE VOLUMES.

VOL. I.

 

LONDON:

SMITH, ELDER AND CO., 65, CORNHILL.

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M.DCCC.LXIII.

 

 

CONTENTS

TO THE FIRST VOLUME.

 

		PAGE
	Proem	1
BOOK I.
Chap.
I.	The Shipwrecked Stranger	17
II.	A Breakfast for Love	40
III.	The Barber's Shop	48
IV.	First Impressions	67
V.	The Blind Scholar and his Daughter	73
VI.	Dawning Hopes	97
VII.	A Learned Squabble	124
VIII.	A Face in the Crowd	134
IX.	A Man's Ransom	156
X.	Under the Plane-Tree	169
XI.	Tito's Dilemma	189
XII.	The Prize is nearly Grasped	196
XIII.	The Shadow of Nemesis	217
XIV.	The Peasants' Fair	229
XV.	The Dying Message	254
XVI.	A Florentine Joke	269
XVII.	Under the Loggia	292
XVIII.	The Portrait	303
XIX.	The Old Man's Hope	314
XX.	The Day of the Betrothal	321