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By: George Eliot, Aaron Allston
Narrated by: Marc Thompson, Wanda McCaddon
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“If a woman really believes herself to be a lower kind of being, she should place herself in subjection….If not, let her show her power of choosing something better.” This is the challenge thrown down to George Eliot’s heroine, Esther Lyon, who dreams of marrying into a life of refinement. But as she struggles to make her choice between two men, Esther finds her values challenged.

Felix Holt is a respectably educated young man who has relinquished opportunity for life as an artisan. An idealist, he burns to participate in political life so that he may improve the lot of his fellow artisans. Contrasted with Holt is the intelligent heir Harold Transome, whose political ambitions are a matter of business. Plot twists involving lines of inheritance and legitimacy complicate the love triangle.

(P)1999 Blackstone Audio, Inc. Adventure European Fiction Genre Fiction Political Science Fiction Space Opera World Literature Classics Thought-Provoking
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“Nadia May fills the listener in with brisk, breathless cadences, breezing through the lengthy descriptions like a lovable neighborhood gossip…[she] seems to be enjoying herself, which enables the listener to do the same.”

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“George Eliot insists on dissatisfaction—which is the raw material of social and political change. We can see this effect clearly in [her] most overtly political novel, Felix Holt, the Radical…It has its own integrity, a unity arising from the complexly rendered interrelationships between its election plot and its compelling personal stories.”

(Rohan Maitzen, associate professor, Dalhousie University)

“[A] powerful novel of social ambition and illicit love.”

(Margaret Harris, University of Sydney)
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Dickens, Trollope and here, George Eliot, along with all history, records how society gets itself into a state of unrest which gets out of control. One group thinks they have the right over another group - the basis of oppression and war, in fact.
Always have done, always will do, till the 'end cometh'!
I so love George Eliot's writings centred in England, did not appreciate the Italianate 'Romola'.
I think one of the reasons is the way she could put over a dispassionate view of her own sex. She was no unscriptural Feminist, in my opinion, but naturally lived to her optimum, without the 'down with men' attitude - no bias, just objective summing up of some of the unlovely traits of some women who would normally be the heroine: "Her women's love of conquest"
The first lone dialogue between Felix and Esther was quite wonderful especially Felix's opinion of women: "All life is stunted to suit their littleness" That is the kind of concise profundity that I have often tried to express when I speak of the Matriarchy. [I'm being objective here, I know how dissatisfied I have been with my own female carryings on, down the years!]
Such a wonderful writer, was George Eliot, others of that era, often devolved into some 'Sensationlist' writing, but Ms Eliot was always wonderful.

Radical is as Radical Does!

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Felix Holt is a lesser known George Eliot novel, but if you are a fan of Middlemarch you should listen to it. It feels like a rehearsal for Middlemarch - a provincial town with a small cast of colourful characters, a "will they, won't they" relationship, and questions over ancestry.

What I chiefly loved about it was the humour. George Eliot writes with a wry tongue -in-cheek wit which I loved.

Like most of her novels, the book takes a while to get going. Having met the characters and seen their lives, at about seven hours in the finding of a locket sets off a mystery.

It's very well done. Long winded in parts, yes, but often a sarcastic phrase from the author makes that worthwhile.

Nadia May's reading (from 1999) is very good. I enjoyed her reading of Adam Bede too.

Overall, excellent and well worthwhile.

I absolutely loved it!

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Felix Holt is a very enjoyable novel, bringing insights into 19th century elections, the non-conformist versus established church and small town life. The latter two being very popular subjects with George Eliot. This is not her finest or most gripping novel, but she writes so well, that it's still a joy, especially to listen to. Nadia May's reading is excellent and I will look out for other books narrated by her.

I thoroughly enjoyed this novel

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A thought provoking story with lots of philosophy and high ideals. Also a great snapshot of local life in England at the time.

I really enjoyed the pace with which the action and the mysteries in the novel unfolded. It kept me interested until the very end.

Although I found the voice of the narrator slightly dry, I cannot fault the style and the quality of the narration which was really exceptional for such a long book. She successfully brought all the characters to life.

A captivating, story with historical interest

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I love George Eliot and although the many characters and frequent dense sentences meant I had to re listen to some bits a second time it repayed effort. Where Eliot is complex she reflects reality and no one can also write such pithy and memorable passages. I enjoyed it enormously. The only disappointment was the swift way she tied up loose ends in the Epilogue and even omitted to tell us what happened to one of the main characters (Transom).

Complex but rewarding context for a gripping plot

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