Romola
A young Florentine woman’s life is buffeted by betrayal in love and upheaval in religion.
License
Public Domain
Originally published
1862
Latest release
Sep 4, 2026
Pages
819
Format
6 × 9 in (152 × 229 mm)
Book type
Novel
Table of Contents
- Proem
- Book I
- I. The Shipwrecked Stranger
- Breakfast for Love
- III. The Barber’s Shop
- IV. First Impressions
- V. The Blind Scholar and His Daughter
- VI. Dawning Hopes
- VII. A Learned Squabble
- VIII. A Face in the Crowd
- IX. A Man’s Ransom
- X. Under the Plane-Tree
- XI. Tito’s Dilemma
- XII. The Prize Is Nearly Grasped
- XIII. The Shadow of Nemesis
- XIV. The Peasants’ Fair
- XV. The Dying Message
- XVI. A Florentine Joke
- XVII. Under the Loggia
- XVIII. The Portrait
- XIX. The Old Man’s Hope
- XX. The Day of the Betrothal
- Book II
- XXI. Florence Expects a Guest
- XXII. The Prisoners
- XXIII. Afterthoughts
- XXIV. Inside the Duomo
- XXV. Outside the Duomo
- XXVI. The Garment of Fear
- XXVII. The Young Wife
- XXVIII. The Painted Record
- XXIX. A Moment of Triumph
- The Avenger’s Secret
- XXXI. Fruit Is Seed
- XXXII. A Revelation
- XXXIII. Baldassarre Makes an Acquaintance
- XXXIV. No Place for Repentance
- XXXV. What Florence Was Thinking Of
- XXXVI. Ariadne Discrowns Herself
- XXXVII. The Tabernacle Unlocked
- XXXVIII. The Black Marks Become Magical
- XXXIX. A Supper in the Rucellai Gardens
- XL. An Arresting Voice
- XLI. Coming Back
- Book III
- XLII. Romola in Her Place
- XLIII. The Unseen Madonna
- XLIV. The Visible Madonna
- XLV. At the Barber’s Shop
- XLVI. By a Street Lamp
- XLVII
- XLVIII. Countercheck
- XLIX. The Pyramid of Vanities
- Tessa Abroad and at Home
- LI. Monna Brigida’s Conversion
- LII. A Prophetess
- LIII. On San Miniato
- LIV. The Evening and the Morning
- LV. Waiting
- LVI. The Other Wife
- LVII
- LVIII
- LIX
- LX
- LXI
- LXII
- LXIII
- LXIV
- LXV
- LXVI
- LXVII
- LXVIII
- LXIX
- LXX
- LXXI
- LXXII
- Epilogue