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Daniel Deronda is a novel by George Eliot. It was published in 1876 and was the last novel Eliot completed before her death in 1880. Scholars consider it her most original, contemporary, and ambitious novel, and it was unique in being set more closely than any other to Eliot's own time. Daniel Deronda describes events in the life of the title character, who is struggling to make sense of his relationships and ancestry against the backdrop of a morally lax London society. The novel tackles issues of identity, class, spirituality, and the emergence of Zionism in the mid-nineteenth century; it was also notable for its time in its sympathetic rendering of Deronda as a Jewish protagonist. Daniel Deronda was enthusiastically received and translated in multiple languages. It has been adapted for the stage and screen, including a 1921 feature film and two latter-day TV serials.
