A satirical tale of David Faux, an ambitious confectioner, thwarted by his brother Jacob in Victorian England.
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A satirical tale of David Faux, an ambitious confectioner, thwarted by his brother Jacob in Victorian England.
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Este volumen reúne dos de las pocas novelas cortas que escribió George Eliot. En El velo alzado (1859) el joven Mortimer adquiere inesperadamente el don de leer el pensamiento de los demás: solo la prometida de su hermano mayor se le resiste y, sin embargo, una visión le anuncia que se casará con ella. En El hermano Jacob (1860), a través de la peripecia de David Faux (que, de aprendiz de pastelero, aspira a ser un gran personaje en las Indias Occidentales, adonde emigra tras robarle los ahorros
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Moderate critique of Victorian customs and social ambition.
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Minor depiction of familial betrayal and emotional distress.
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