Impressions of Theophrastus Such

<p><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(61 61 61 1)>Impressions of Theophrastus Such</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(61 61 61 1)> is the last and perhaps the most personal book written by George Eliot. An unconventional counterpart and an edifying conclusion to her novels it illustrates and interprets the moral history of her times.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(61 61 61 1)>Part autobiography part satire part social analysis </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(61 61 61 1)>Impressions</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(61 61 61 1)> takes a hard look at all classes and professions with a special place reserved to authors. Eliot's gaze moves from a peaceful rural England in the first chapters to England as a ruthless colonising power in the last. Written by one of the sharpest minds of the nineteenth century this is the perfect introduction to the intellectual life of Victorian England.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(61 61 61 1)>This is the first contemporary scholarly edition of the book. It is a tribute to Eliot's writing and a literary rescue operation.</span></p><p></p>