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Felix Holt, The Radical

by George ELIOT (1819 - 1880)

chapter 26

"Harold Transome is a landowner who goes against his family's political tradition (much to his mother's distress), while Felix Holt is a sincere radical. The setting of the book, the 1832 parliament election, is used to discuss the social problems of that time. A secondary plot involves Esther Lyon, the stepdaughter of a minister who is the real heiress to the Transome estate, with whom both Harold Transome and Felix Holt fall in love. Esther loves poor Felix Holt, but would she choose a comfortable life with Harold Transome?" (Summary by Stav Nisser)

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chapter 27 , chapter 28 , chapter 29 , chapter 30 , chapter 31 , chapter 32 , chapter 33 , chapter 34 , chapter 35 , chapter 36 , chapter 37 , chapter 38 , chapter 39 , chapter 40 , chapter 41 , chapter 42 , chapter 43 part 2 and chapter 44 , chapter 43 part1 , chapter 45 , chapter 46 , chapter 47 , chapter 48 , Chapter 49 , Chapter 50 , Chapter 51 and Epilog