Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-276) and index.
Contents:
Introduction: "conservative reforming intellect" -- "Janet's repentance": marriage -- Adam Bede: vocation -- The mill on the floss: education, vocation, and marriage -- Silas Marner: the weaver of Raveloe: child custody -- Romola: marriage and learning -- The Spanish gypsy: marriage -- Felix Holt, the radical: marriage -- Middlemarch: a study of provincial life: marriage and vocation -- Daniel Deronda: child abuse and marriage -- Afterword.
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