Romola
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Narrated by:
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Lucy Scott
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By:
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George Eliot
About this listen
Set in the turbulent years following the death of Lorenzo de' Medici, George Eliot's fourth novel, Romola, moves the stage from the English countryside of the 19th century to an Italy four centuries before her time. It tells the tale of a young Florentine woman, Romola de' Bardi, and her coming of age through her troubled marriage to the suave and self-absorbed Greek Tito. Slowly Tito's true character begins to unfurl, and his lies and treachery push Romola toward a more spiritual path, where she transcends into a majestic, Madonna-like role, while Tito descends further into corruption and villainy....
Impeccably researched, the novel features a cast of historical characters, including Girolamo Savonarola, Piero di Cosimo, and Niccolò Machiavelli, and draws parallels between the Republic of Rome of Eliot's day and the Republic of Florence ruled by Savonarola, most famous for its Bonfire of the Vanities, depicted here in vivid detail.
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- F
- 14-05-24
Many twists and turns in the story. Interesting complex characters of Romola and Tito, also Baldassari
Took a long time to get going. However it is a great story set in interesting renaissance Florence with many famous historical characters of the times. Better on audible than reading in print form I would venture!
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- Redglass
- 09-03-25
A great novel, well read
'Romola' is one of those huge Victorian novels that put some people off (personally I love them - if the book's good, then the longer the better!). George Eliot's recreation of 15th-century Florence is anazingly detailed. She brings in the extreme characters of the period, such as Savonarola and Macchiavelli, as well as Romola, her bright and noble-hearted (but naive) heroine, and Romola's charming, selfish husband. Like 'Middlemarch', this a story of an entire place, told through characters we care about.
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- Kindle Customer
- 20-07-21
the performance is one the best I ever had
I couldn't stopped listening, so well written ,the knowledge of Florence and history so great
the narrator did beautiful job
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- C. A. Vigurs
- 04-01-25
insufferable
the main problem is when writing about people being insufferable, boring, and pompous the experience is insufferable, boring and pompous. An experiment in writing that just doesn’t work
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