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Romola [Audiobook]
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Romola [Audiobook] by George Eliot
English | August 05, 2020 | ASIN: B08F6TFXH3 | M4B@128 kbps | 22h 59m | 1.25 GB
Narrator: Lucy Scott
English | August 05, 2020 | ASIN: B08F6TFXH3 | M4B@128 kbps | 22h 59m | 1.25 GB
Narrator: Lucy Scott
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.