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The Lifted Veil

by George Eliot

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First published
1859
Pages
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A narrator facing the end of his life begins by describing a vision of his final hours. His claimed ability to foresee events gives this story its unease: knowledge of the future becomes a burden within an already painful life. Looking back, he remembers his mother's tenderness, his fear of his stern father, and an education in science that sits awkwardly with his interest in human feeling and literature.

George Eliot brings this troubled perspective into family relationships and a visit to Prague, where a patch of coloured light matches a remembered vision. The narrator loves Bertha, who becomes engaged to his brother, while believing that she will eventually be his own wife. Published in 1859, the story combines paranormal experience with close attention to hesitation, longing and wounded pride.

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Mary Ann Evans, known by her pen name George Eliot, was an English novelist, poet, journalist, translator, and one of the leading writers of the Victorian era. She wrote seven novels: Adam Bede (1859), The Mill on the Floss (1860), Silas Marner (1861), Romola (1862–1863), Felix Holt, the Radical (1866), Middlemarch (1871–1872) and Daniel Deronda (1876).

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Book facts

First published
1859
Reading time
About 80 minutes
Pages
31
Language
English
Formats
PDF, EPUB, Read online, Audiobook
Audio read by
Bruce Pirie