The novel Daniel Deronda was written by George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans),
published in 1876 in eight parts. She opposed freely, against Jews
discrimination, as a religious or racial group. The story of the novel
moves around three main characters young idealistic Daniel Deronda,
pretty haughty and self-centred Gwendolen Harleth and poor humble Mirah.
In a fictional town Leubronn Daniel meets Gwendolen, her beauty attracts
him. She desires for money and power and owing to her family
circumstances she marries Grandcourt a wealthy man and tries to make him
her slave. Daniel came to know his life mystery that his mother is a
Jewish Opera singer who has given him to Sir Hugo to hide his Jewish
identity. Thus he decides to marry Jewish girl Mirah whom he rescued
earlier. Daniel and Mirah moves on to work for Jewish people national
identity and restore the Promise land. It's a emblematic novel, through
these characters Eliot represents distinct social, individual and
political outlook. Gwendolen symbolises colonial ambition enslaving the
others, Grandcourt is the face of haughty English aristocrat while
Daniel Deronda and Mirah represent Jews Community.
