Antique George Eliot Book Set hotsell 1909 Middlemarch Mill on the Floss Felix Holt Adam Bede Romola collection 6 Vols Illustrated Century Library

An ILLUSTRATED EDITION OF Six OF ELLIOT'S BEST NOVELS, Century Library Edition. Lot consists of:
Middlemarch I & II. Both in very good condition, minor to moderately soiled spines, volume 1 shows the beginning of the spine loosening (see last photo).
Mill on the Floss. Very good condition, minor to moderately soiled spine.
Romola. Very good condition, minor to moderately soiled spine.
Felix Holt. Very good condition, minor to moderately soiled spine.
Adam Bede. Very good condition, minor to moderately soiled spine.
Some pages show expected dark spots. See photos.

With MILL ON THE FLOSS Eliot became firmly ingrained in the pubIlic consciousness. It went into a second printing almost immediately and has remained to this day one of her most popular novels.
Her reputation reached its peak with the publication MIDDLEMARCH, her next to last book. It has multiple plots with a large cast of characters, and in addition to its distinct though interlocking narratives it pursues a number of underlying themes, including the status of women, the nature of marriage, idealism and self-interest, religion and hypocrisy, political reform, and education.
ROMOLA can be seen as a deep study of life in the city of Florence as the fictional events all take place amidst actual historical events during the Italian Renaissance, and includes in its plot several notable figures from Florentine history.
The Century Library Edition, printed uniformly as part of the Works of George Eliot series. Illustrated with a total of fine black and white plates with tissue guards. hotsell