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Romola

Romola

by George Eliot

A young Florentine woman’s life is buffeted by betrayal in love and upheaval in religion.

Languages
English·Español
License
Public Domain
Originally published
1862
Latest release
Sep 4, 2026
Pages
819
Format
6 × 9 in (152 × 229 mm)
Book type
Novel
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Table of Contents

  1. Proem
  2. Book I
  3. I. The Shipwrecked Stranger
  4. Breakfast for Love
  5. III. The Barber’s Shop
  6. IV. First Impressions
  7. V. The Blind Scholar and His Daughter
  8. VI. Dawning Hopes
  9. VII. A Learned Squabble
  10. VIII. A Face in the Crowd
  11. IX. A Man’s Ransom
  12. X. Under the Plane-Tree
  13. XI. Tito’s Dilemma
  14. XII. The Prize Is Nearly Grasped
  15. XIII. The Shadow of Nemesis
  16. XIV. The Peasants’ Fair
  17. XV. The Dying Message
  18. XVI. A Florentine Joke
  19. XVII. Under the Loggia
  20. XVIII. The Portrait
  21. XIX. The Old Man’s Hope
  22. XX. The Day of the Betrothal
  23. Book II
  24. XXI. Florence Expects a Guest
  25. XXII. The Prisoners
  26. XXIII. Afterthoughts
  27. XXIV. Inside the Duomo
  28. XXV. Outside the Duomo
  29. XXVI. The Garment of Fear
  30. XXVII. The Young Wife
  31. XXVIII. The Painted Record
  32. XXIX. A Moment of Triumph
  33. The Avenger’s Secret
  34. XXXI. Fruit Is Seed
  35. XXXII. A Revelation
  36. XXXIII. Baldassarre Makes an Acquaintance
  37. XXXIV. No Place for Repentance
  38. XXXV. What Florence Was Thinking Of
  39. XXXVI. Ariadne Discrowns Herself
  40. XXXVII. The Tabernacle Unlocked
  41. XXXVIII. The Black Marks Become Magical
  42. XXXIX. A Supper in the Rucellai Gardens
  43. XL. An Arresting Voice
  44. XLI. Coming Back
  45. Book III
  46. XLII. Romola in Her Place
  47. XLIII. The Unseen Madonna
  48. XLIV. The Visible Madonna
  49. XLV. At the Barber’s Shop
  50. XLVI. By a Street Lamp
  51. XLVII
  52. XLVIII. Countercheck
  53. XLIX. The Pyramid of Vanities
  54. Tessa Abroad and at Home
  55. LI. Monna Brigida’s Conversion
  56. LII. A Prophetess
  57. LIII. On San Miniato
  58. LIV. The Evening and the Morning
  59. LV. Waiting
  60. LVI. The Other Wife
  61. LVII
  62. LVIII
  63. LIX
  64. LX
  65. LXI
  66. LXII
  67. LXIII
  68. LXIV
  69. LXV
  70. LXVI
  71. LXVII
  72. LXVIII
  73. LXIX
  74. LXX
  75. LXXI
  76. LXXII
  77. Epilogue