{"product_id":"the-lifted-veil-paperback-by-george-eliot","title":"The Lifted Veil Paperback by George Eliot","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                            \n                                \n                                    \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                                    \u003cul\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eMelville House\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2007-10-01)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e128\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9780976658306\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e99.79\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e7.0 x 5.02 x 0.29\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                    \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                                    \u003cbr\u003e\n                                    \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHorror was my familiar.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Published the same year as her first  novel, \u003ci\u003eAdam Bede\u003c\/i\u003e, this overlooked work displays the gifts for which George Eliot  would become famous—gritty realism, psychological insight, and idealistic moralizing.  It is unique from all her other writing, however, in that it represents the only  time she ever used a first-person narrator, and it is the only time she wrote about  the supernatural.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The tale of a man who is incapacitated by visions of the future  and the cacophony of overheard thoughts, and yet who can’t help trying to subvert  his vividly glimpsed destiny, it is easy to read \u003ci\u003eThe Lifted Veil \u003c\/i\u003eas being autobiographically  revealing—of Eliot’s sensitivity to public opinion and her awareness that her days  concealed behind a pseudonym were doomed to a tragic unveiling (as indeed came to  pass soon after this novella’s publication). But it is easier still to read the story  as the exciting and genuine precursor of a moody new form, as well as an absorbing  early masterpiece of suspense.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eThe Art of The Novella Series\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eToo short to be a novel, too long to be a short story, the novella is generally unrecognized by academics and publishers. Nonetheless, it is a form beloved and practiced by literature's greatest writers. In the Art Of The Novella series, Melville House celebrates this renegade art form and its practitioners with titles that are, in many instances, presented in book form for the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                                    \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                                    \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeorge Eliot\u003c\/b\u003e was born Mary Anne Evans in Chilvers Coton, England in 1819 on an estate  managed by her father. When her mother did she left school to run the household,  continuing her education alone in the estate’s library. She was multi-lingual and  steeped in classical literature by the time a series of her essays and translations  led to an invitation to London to edit the prestigious Westminster Review—anonymously,  for fear a female editor would put off readers. When nearly 40 she published the  story collection \u003ci\u003eScenes of Clerical Life\u003c\/i\u003e, under the pseudonym George Eliot, partly  because she was living with a married man, radical publisher George Henry Lewes,  and feared being shunned by the public. Bu tin 1849 her fist novel \u003ci\u003eAdam Bede\u003c\/i\u003e, with  its startling realism and psychologically astute characterizations, caused a sensation—and  prompted an imposter to claim authorship. Evans revealed herself and was indeed ostracized,  although less so with each successful new book, from \u003ci\u003eThe Mill on the Floss \u003c\/i\u003eto\u003ci\u003e Silas  Marner\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMiddlemarch\u003c\/i\u003e. After 25 years together Lewes died and, still grieving, she  married their banker, a man 20 years her junior. She died shortly thereafter in 1880.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                                \n                            \n                            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":45350871728289,"sku":"BBSNIJ9780976658306","price":12.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9780976658306.jpg?v=1762940848","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/the-lifted-veil-paperback-by-george-eliot","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}