The Works of George Eliot Leather -

EB. Good+. Leather. Leather. 8vo. William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London, UK. No Date. 20 Volumes. 416 pgs, 394 pgs, 465 pgs, 416 pgs, 408 pgs, 409 pgs, 438 pgs, 379 pgs, 444 pgs, 447 pgs, 420 pgs, 402 pgs, 300 pgs, 317 pgs, 351 pgs, 360 pgs, 382 pgs, 303 pgs, 293 pgs, 408 pgs. An additional 4 volumes were published later, containing a biography, an essay and pieces from her notebook, which are not part of this set. The Cabinet edition. Bound in 3/4 brown pebbled leather by R W Smith with matching marble paper covered cloth boards with titles and raised bands present to the spine. Boards have wear present to the extremities of the boards (boards are lightly scuffed and worn). No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. This handsome set includes Eliot's seven novels and other literary works including, The Spanish Gypsy and Scenes of Clerical Life. Four volumes, which include the Life of George Eliot, were published later for the Cabinet Edition, but are not present in this set. Eliot's novels were popular for their political views and depiction of rural society for which she drew on her own early experience. However, Eliot did not confine herself to her bucolic roots. Romola is a historical romance set in late 15th century Florence and The Spanish Gypsy, a poem she wrote after a visit to Spain in 1867, both reflecting her wider reading and interests. Whilst Eliot's verse was not so well received, the popularity of her novels has endured. Middlemarch is still considered one of the greatest English novels and has been described by Virginia Woolf as "the magnificent book that, with all its imperfections, is one of the few English novels written for grown-up people." ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .