4. THE USES OF FAILURE: Romola

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. PREFACE VII
3. CONTENTS IX
4. INTRODUCTION 1
5. 1. THE BASIS OF CONDUCT: Adam Bede 14
6. 2. THE SOCIAL VIEW: The Mill on the Floss 36
7. 3. GEORGE ELIOT'S FABLE FOR HER TIMES: Silas Marner 58
8. 4. THE USES OF FAILURE: Romola 70
9. 5. THE POLITICS OF SELF-KNOWLEDGE: Felix Holt 87
10. 6. THE PARADOX OF INDIVIDUALISM: Middlemarch 106
11. 7. THE DARKENED WORLD: Daniel Deronda 121
12. 8. ART AND VISION IN GEORGE ELIOT 137
13. INDEX 171