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This would make a good companion volume to ''Gwendolen'', Diana Souhami's retelling of ''Daniel Deronda'' from the perspective of Eliot's heroine. It is an atmospheric historical novel in its own right – I loved the details: gas lighting becoming standard, Sophie learning to ride a penny-farthing bicycle, and debates about Darwinism and historical Christianity – but the tie-ins with Eliot's work give it a certain extra something.
Further reading suggestion: [[The Kingdom of Bones by Stephen Gallagher]] is another recommended Victorian pastiche. We also have a review of [[The Strange Case of the Composer and His Judge by Patricia Duncker]].
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