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Horror was my familiar. Published the same year as her first novel, Adam Bede , 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,... Read Full Overview

The Lifted Veil is a novella by George Eliot, first published in 1859. It explores themes of extrasensory perception, the essence of physical life, possible life after death, and the power of fate.

George Eliot's The Lifted Veil was first published in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine in 1859 and has now become one of the author's most widely read and critically discussed stories. Told from the point of view of a young, egocentric, and morbid clairvoyant man,... Read Full Overview

Mary Anne Evans was born on 22nd November 1819 at Nuneaton in Warwickshire, England,

As a child she was a committed reader and brimmed with intelligence. Her father felt that her lack of physical beauty might not bring her the best selection of suitors in marriage and therefore... Read Full Overview

Imagine that you could see into other people's minds. Would this power be a blessing or a curse? For Latimer, the narrator of "The Lifted Veil", it only brings misery. Because other people's thoughts are often full of jealousy and hate. The one person he cannot read is Bertha... Read Full Overview

The Lifted Veil is a novella written by the renowned British author George Eliot. The story is set in the mid-19th century and follows the life of a young man named Latimer, who possesses a supernatural gift of being able to see into the future. Despite this gift, Latimer is... Read Full Overview

The time of my end approaches. I have lately been subject to attacks of angina pectoris; and in the ordinary course of things, my physician tells me, I may fairly hope that my life will not be protracted many months. Unless, then, I am cursed with an exceptional physical constitution,... Read Full Overview

Latimer is cursed with psychic abilities that allow him to see the future, yet he's unable to avoid the dark turn of his own life. What many consider a gift, he sees as a curse that has destroyed his ability to have normal relationships.

Latimer can hear people's deepest... Read Full Overview

The Lifted Veil is a novella by the renowned British author, George Eliot. It tells the story of Latimer, a young man who possesses the ability to see into the future and read the thoughts of others. Despite his gift, he is unable to connect with those around him and feels isolated... Read Full Overview