It would be superfluous for me to repeat the many excellent reviews given already. His hesitation with Gwendolyn is self serving and makes one wonder if the passion aroused around the gambling table ever went extinct.Gambling was boring while archery stands out, making one long to join an Archery Ball and and Archery Picnic!And, there are always George Eliot gems: "The best introduction to astronomy is to think of the nightly heavens as a little lot of stars belonging to one's own homestead."While many characters are finely drawn, I wish that Mirah had been less meek (giving up her purse to her father, c'mon),making readers wonder if she will be a match for Daniel or continue to stay in awesome acquiescing mode. This lack of resolution goes on way too long and, with the endless self-pitying introspection of self absorbed and entitled Gwendolyn, makes the book at least one quarter too long. The character of Daniel Deronda rises to meet all the accolades, in and out of the book, and yet, as an adult, he strangely continues to lackthe simple courage to ask Sir Hugo who his parents really are or were.
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