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Romola

George Eliot

BOOK TYPE
Novel
READING TIME
About 18.9 hours
WORDS
226,909
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A young Florentine woman’s life is buffeted by betrayal in love and upheaval in religion.

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  1. Titlepage
  2. Imprint
  3. Proem
  4. Romola
    1. Book I
      1. I: The Shipwrecked Stranger
      2. II: Breakfast for Love
      3. III: The Barber’s Shop
      4. IV: First Impressions
      5. V: The Blind Scholar and His Daughter
      6. VI: Dawning Hopes
      7. VII: A Learned Squabble
      8. VIII: A Face in the Crowd
      9. IX: A Man’s Ransom
      10. X: Under the Plane-Tree
      11. XI: Tito’s Dilemma
      12. XII: The Prize Is Nearly Grasped
      13. XIII: The Shadow of Nemesis
      14. XIV: The Peasants’ Fair
      15. XV: The Dying Message
      16. XVI: A Florentine Joke
      17. XVII: Under the Loggia
      18. XVIII: The Portrait
      19. XIX: The Old Man’s Hope
      20. XX: The Day of the Betrothal
    2. Book II
      1. XXI: Florence Expects a Guest
      2. XXII: The Prisoners
      3. XXIII: Afterthoughts
      4. XXIV: Inside the Duomo
      5. XXV: Outside the Duomo
      6. XXVI: The Garment of Fear
      7. XXVII: The Young Wife
      8. XXVIII: The Painted Record
      9. XXIX: A Moment of Triumph
      10. XXX: The Avenger’s Secret
      11. XXXI: Fruit Is Seed
      12. XXXII: A Revelation
      13. XXXIII: Baldassarre Makes an Acquaintance
      14. XXXIV: No Place for Repentance
      15. XXXV: What Florence Was Thinking Of
      16. XXXVI: Ariadne Discrowns Herself
      17. XXXVII: The Tabernacle Unlocked
      18. XXXVIII: The Black Marks Become Magical
      19. XXXIX: A Supper in the Rucellai Gardens
      20. XL: An Arresting Voice
      21. XLI: Coming Back
    3. Book III
      1. XLII: Romola in Her Place
      2. XLIII: The Unseen Madonna
      3. XLIV: The Visible Madonna
      4. XLV: At the Barber’s Shop
      5. XLVI: By a Street Lamp
      6. XLVII: Check
      7. XLVIII: Countercheck
      8. XLIX: The Pyramid of Vanities
      9. L: Tessa Abroad and at Home
      10. LI: Monna Brigida’s Conversion
      11. LII: A Prophetess
      12. LIII: On San Miniato
      13. LIV: The Evening and the Morning
      14. LV: Waiting
      15. LVI: The Other Wife
      16. LVII: Why Tito Was Safe
      17. LVIII: A Final Understanding
      18. LIX: Pleading
      19. LX: The Scaffold
      20. LXI: Drifting Away
      21. LXII: The Benediction
      22. LXIII: Ripening Schemes
      23. LXIV: The Prophet in His Cell
      24. LXV: The Trial by Fire
      25. LXVI: A Masque of the Furies
      26. LXVII: Waiting by the River
      27. LXVIII: Romola’s Waking
      28. LXIX: Homeward
      29. LXX: Meeting Again
      30. LXXI: The Confession
      31. LXXII: The Last Silence
    4. Epilogue
  5. Endnotes
  6. Colophon
  7. Uncopyright

Edition & source

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SOURCE PUBLICATION DATE
2026-06-10
SOURCE EDITION UPDATED
2026-08-04
ADDED TO iREADALL
2026-10-13
Edition contributors
  • The League of Moveable Type (tyd)
  • George Eliot (ann, aut, wpr)
  • Frederic Leighton (art)
  • Nick Hodson (trc)
  • David Reimer (bkp, blw, cov, mrk, pfr, tyg)
  • Robin Whittleton (pfr)