ABSTRACT

In 1864, George Eliot began writing her longest poem, "The Spanish Gypsy". This project exhausted her, and her partner took the manuscript away from her for fear it was making her ill. This work explains what Eliot read to research the poem, which parts caused her particular problems and summarises the poem's critical reception.

part |271 pages

The Spanish Gypsy

chapter |114 pages

Book I a

chapter |15 pages

The Spanish Gypsy.Book V. a

chapter |5 pages

Eliot's Endnotes