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Felix Holt, the Radical

George Eliot

Form
Form Novel
Year
Year 1866
Pages
Pages 500

A returning heir stands for Parliament as a Radical, a minister's daughter learns the estate is lawfully hers, and a watchmaker who refuses to rise is jailed for a death in an election riot. She gives up the fortune and marries him.

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Felix Holt, the Radical, George Eliot

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