Romola
George Eliot
74 chapters · 23 h 11 min · English
Read by Sandra G, David Goldfarb, Martina Hutchins, Kalynda, musil, Phil Chenevert and others
Historical Fiction
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George Eliot's own favorite among her novels, this novel tells the story of Romola, the intelligent daughter of a blind scholar, who is falling in love with a man who is going to change her life and the politics of Florence in a way she doesn't like. Set in 15th century Florence, it is "a deep study of life in the city of Florence from an intellectual, artistic, religious, and social point of view".
Summary by Stav Nisser and Wikipedia.
Chapters
1 00 - Introduction 21 min 2 01 - The Shipwrecked Stranger 35 min 3 02 - Breakfast for Love 11 min 4 03 - The Barber's Shop 25 min 5 04 - First Impressions 7 min 6 05 - The Blind Scholar and his Daughter 40 min 7 06 - Dawning Hopes 33 min 8 07 - A Learned Squabble 13 min 9 08 - A Face in the Crowd 31 min 10 09 - A Man's Ransom 18 min 11 10 - Under the Plane-Tree 33 min 12 11 - Tito's Dilemma 11 min 13 12 - The Prize is nearly grasped 34 min 14 13 - The Shadow of Nemesis 17 min 15 14 - The Peasants' Fair 42 min 16 15 - The Dying Message 30 min 17 16 - A Florentine Joke 33 min 18 17 - Under the Loggia 14 min 19 18 - The Portrait 13 min 20 19 - The Old Man's Hope 9 min 21 20 - The Day of the Betrothal 20 min 22 21 - Florence expects a Guest 22 min 23 22 - The Prisoners 16 min 24 23 - After-Thoughts 7 min 25 24 - Inside the Duomo 15 min 26 25 - Outside the Duomo 10 min 27 26 - The Garment of Fear 11 min 28 27 - The Young Wife 21 min 29 28 - The Painted Record 10 min 30 29 - A Moment of Triumph 16 min 31 30 - The Avenger's Secret 22 min 32 31 - Fruit is Seed 12 min 33 32 - A Revelation 26 min 34 33 - Baldassarre makes an Acquaintance 16 min 35 34 - No Place for Repentance 23 min 36 35 - What Florence was thinking of 9 min 37 36 - Ariadne discrowns herself 28 min 38 37 - The Tabernacle Unlocked 14 min 39 38 - The Black Marks become Magical 21 min 40 39 - A Supper in the Rucellai Gardens 52 min 41 40 - An Arresting Voice 24 min 42 41 - Coming Back 9 min 43 42 - Romola in her Place 20 min 44 43 - The Unseen Madonna 18 min 45 44 - The Visible Madonna 16 min 46 45 - At the Barber's Shop 23 min 47 46 - By a Street Lamp 22 min 48 47 - Check 8 min 49 48 - Counter-Check 16 min 50 49 - The Pyramid of Vanities 17 min 51 50 - Tessa Abroad and at Home 26 min 52 51 - Monna Brigida's Conversion 12 min 53 52 - A Prophetess 15 min 54 53 - On San Miniato 15 min 55 54 - The Evening and the Morning 10 min 56 55 - Waiting 10 min 57 56 - The Other Wife 31 min 58 57 - Why Tito was Safe 14 min 59 58 - A Final Understanding 15 min 60 59 - Pleading 22 min 61 60 - The Scaffold 15 min 62 61 - Drifting Away 13 min 63 62 - The Benediction 12 min 64 63 - Ripening Schemes 31 min 65 64 - The Prophet in his Cell 22 min 66 65 - The Trial by Fire 18 min 67 66 - A Masque of the Furies 10 min 68 67 - Waiting by the River 16 min 69 68 - Romola's waking 22 min 70 69 - Homeward 7 min 71 70 - Meeting Again 11 min 72 71 - The Confession 16 min 73 72 - The Last Silence 8 min 74 73 - Epilogue 10 min
