![]() ![]() Daniel is in Italy because Sir Hugo has finally told him that his mother lives there, and he wants to find her. As has become her wont, she turns to Daniel – who is also, coincidentally, in Italy – for comfort. Eventually, she does, but it is too late afterward, she is wracked with guilt. Gwendolen, who has many times wished for his death, hesitates over whether to jump in after him. One day, during a trip to Italy, Henleigh is knocked off his boat. She meets regularly with Daniel, using him for the emotional support she cannot get from anyone else in her life. She is also cursed by Lydia on her wedding day, which fills her with dread. Gwendolen's hopes of being able to make her new husband her puppet turn out to be woefully overblown. The situation becomes even more fraught for Daniel when Mordecai is revealed as Mirah's long lost brother. Daniel is moved and convinced by Mordecai, who wants Daniel to carry on his teaching after he dies, but Daniel is torn by the prospect since he himself is not Jewish. ![]() They meet Mordecai, a sickly but impassioned man who hopes to see his fellow Jews recover their Promised Land. Meanwhile, Daniel returns to helping Mirah. With no other options available, she agrees to marry Henleigh, even though she had earlier promised his mistress she would not. She decides she will try a career on stage – but her hopes are quickly dashed by a popular musician, who informs her that she doesn't have the chops or the discipline. However, doing so would lower her social position, and she doesn't want that either. Gwendolen, destitute, unmarried, and unwilling to marry, is considering becoming a governess. He also begins to develop feelings for Mirah which dismay him, so he attempts to flee them by returning for a time back to Leubronn. As it turns out, her mother is dead but by helping Mirah, Daniel becomes acquainted with London's Jewish community. Daniel resolves to help her find her family. She wants to find her mother and brother, who she thinks live in London. He learns that the Jewish girl is a singer, and had come to London after discovering that her father intended to sell her into prostitution. While boating on the Thames in the summer of 1865, Daniel prevents a young woman Mirah Lapidoth from committing suicide. Sir Hugo wishes Daniel to go into politics, but Daniel, a bright and kindly young man isn't sure what he wants to do with his life. Daniel is widely suspected to be Sir Hugo's son, but no one, including Daniel, is sure of this. Fleeing town, she meets Daniel, the charge of another very wealthy gentleman, the Englishman Sir Hugo Mallinger. Henleigh is a laconic and unfriendly man, but because of his great fortune, Gwendolen considers his advances – until she learns of his mistress and illegitimate children (from his mistress, Lydia, herself). In her new neighborhood, she meets Henleigh Mallinger Grandcourt, who quickly proposes to her. In the wake of her stepfather's death, Gwendolen's family relocates. A servant delivers her recently sold necklace back to her, and Gwendolen understands that Daniel saw her pawn it and repurchased it for her. She pawns a necklace, considering using the money to gamble further, in the hope of remaking her fortune and saving her family. Gwendolen finds out, the night after losing her personal savings in a game of roulette, that her family is financially ruined. ![]() Daniel is both attracted and repulsed by Gwendolyn Harleth, a beautiful young woman with a gambling problem. The novel begins in the fictional town of Leubronn, Germany. ![]() A novel by celebrated Victorian writer George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans), Daniel Deronda (1876) follows the intertwined stories of Daniel Deronda, the compassionate charge of a wealthy gentleman who withholds from him his true identity, and the beautiful and ambitious, but self-centered Gwendolen Harleth. ![]()
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