Synopses & Reviews
When Mr. Tryan arrives in Milby, with his disturbingly evangelical and puritan tendencies, the small town is deeply divided in a bitter fight over the suitability of his evening lectures. The proud but desolate Janet Dempster, alcoholic wife of one of Mr. Tryans most vociferous opponents, delights in the clergymans persecutionuntil she unexpectedly finds her own redemption. Written when she was on the brink of her career as a novelist, Janet's Repentance foreshadows the themes of Eliots later work.
About the Author
Born Mary Ann Evans, Victorian novelist George Eliot (18191880) is the author of a number of remarkable works, including the masterpiece Middlemarch.