George Eliot · 1876 · overland

George Eliot's last novel, published in 1876. Two lives interlock: Gwendolen Harleth, who gambles away her independence into a cruel marriage, and Daniel Deronda, a generous young Englishman who, discovering at last that he is Jewish, turns from English society toward a destiny in the East. From a German gambling resort to the harbour of Genoa to a ship bound for the Levant, the route follows them across Europe and beyond.

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   Leubronn

   At a German gambling resort, Daniel Deronda watches the beautiful, reckless Gwendolen Harleth lose at roulette, a chance meeting that will bind their fates.

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   Calais

   Across the Continent to the Channel packet at Calais.

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   Dover

   And over the water to Dover and England.

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   London

   Back in England, among country houses and London drawing rooms, Gwendolen sells herself into marriage with the cold Grandcourt, while Daniel searches for the secret of his own origins.

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   Dover

   From Dover the crossing again toward the Continent.

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   Calais

   Landing at Calais to travel south.

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   Genoa

   On a Mediterranean honeymoon turned to misery, Gwendolen watches from a boat in the bay of Genoa as her husband drowns, and is left alone with her guilt and her freedom.

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   The East

   Having learned that he is the grandson of a Jewish family and embraced his people's hopes, Daniel marries and sails east toward Palestine, to work for a homeland in the ancient lands.