Romola

[edit] Americola's celebrity biographies are provided by AmericolaWiki, a celebrity wiki. You can help contribute to Americola and edit this article.

Title Romola

Author	George Eliot pseudonym for Mary Ann Evans (aka- Marianne Evans, Maryanne Evans)
Language	English
Publisher	Smith, Elder and Co.
Released	1863

Romola (1863) is a historical novel set in the fifteenth century by George Eliot, and is "a deep study of life in the city of Florence from an intellectual, artistic, religious, and social point of view." It first appeared in fourteen parts published in the Cornhill Magazine from July 1862 (vol. 6, no. 31) to August 1863 (vol. 8, no. 44). One of the historic characters it features is Girolamo Savonarola.

Contents 1 Plot summary 2 Film, TV or theatrical adaptations 3 See Also 4 External link 5 Reference

Plot summary

Film, TV or theatrical adaptations

In 1924, the novel was adapted for a silent film starring Lillian Gish, William Powell, Ronald Colman, and Dorothy Gish.

See Also

• George Eliot - Scenes From Clerical Life - Adam Bede - the Mill on the Floss - Silas Marner - Felix Holt - Middlemarch - Daniel Deronda

External link

• Romola – searchable online e-text posted by Peter Batke at Princeton University

Reference

• Facsimile reprint of the New York : Harper & Brothers, 1863 edition (with illustrations by Sir Frederick Leighton) – Toronto, Ont. ; Orchard Park, N.Y. : Broadview Press, 2005, ISBN 1551117576

This article incorporates text from the public domain 1907 edition of The Nuttall Encyclopædia.