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The Lifted Veil

The Lifted Veil

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The Lifted Veil

by Eliot, George

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  • Paperback
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ISBN 10
0146001699
ISBN 13
9780146001697
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New York: Penguin Books (US) # 169 1st Printing , 1995 ----------small paperback. One of the Penguin 60s Classics Series, issued by Penguin in 1995 to commemorate Penguin's 60th anniversary. Trace of spine edgewear, a near fine copy.. .. Mass Market Paperback. Near Fine. Illus. by Gustave Courbet (front cover). Note: our prices on Biblio are the LOWEST of any of the sites on which we list our books.

Synopsis

George Eliot's Gothic story, published the same year as her staunchly realist novel, Adam Bede, continues her preoccupation with human communication and sympathy through the figure of the telepathic narrator. Latimer, one of her least likeable characters, suffers tremendously under his heightened awareness of others' petty and selfish thoughts. Latimer chooses to tell the story of his abilities as a tale of disability, a kind of pathography about his gift. The vehemence of his disgust for human frailties suggests that Latimer's pain derives at least in part from his failure of empathy for others (except at his father's death)--that his discomfort with telepathic communication rests on his resistance to human connection in general. Thus, his uncanny hearing unmasks a kind of sympathetic deafness to others, and his progressive heart disease indexes the shriveling of his capacity for human love and friendship.

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Bookseller
John McCormick CA (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #
007937
Title
The Lifted Veil
Author
Eliot, George
Illustrator
Gustave Courbet (front cover)
Format/Binding
Paperback
Book Condition
Used - Near Fine
Edition
.
ISBN 10
0146001699
ISBN 13
9780146001697
Publisher
New York: Penguin Books (US) # 169 1st Printing
Place of Publication
London
Date Published
1995
Keywords
Penguin 60s Classics Series
Bookseller catalogs
Classic Literature;

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