Up-to-date Bibliography and detailed explanatory notes.These have drawn on archival research in the British Library and the Harry Ransom Center in Austin, Texas. There are extensive and clearly presented textual variants which are not found in other editions.The 'note on the text' offers a clearer and more accurate account of the novel's publication history than can be found in other editions.It considers, in particular, the themes of memory and parenthood, the combination of realism and fable, the novel's preoccupation with mystery and interpretation, its focus on habits, and Eliot's extraordinarily complex use of the imagery of threads and weaving. A fresh introduction that places the novel in its biographical, intellectual, and critical context, while also paying close attention to the nuances and patterns of the work.
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