George Eliot's Heroines
Title
George Eliot's Heroines
Description
- "Whether Gwendolyn Harleth be the leading character in George Eliot's new story or not,---rumour says that the first section is misleading in this respect, and that we shall find the young lady to whose self-will and selfishness so elaborate a study is devoted in the first section, a minor character on the whole,---this seems to us certain, that if she be not meant to play a considerable part in the story, and to reap somewhat liberally the seed sown in early self-indulgence, there has been some little mistake made in making so careful a study of the character on germ."
Creator
Hutton, R. H.
Source
Hutton, R. H. "George Eliot Heroines." The Spectator, 12 Feb. 1876.
Publisher
George Eliot Archive, edited by Beverley Park Rilett. https://GeorgeEliotArchive.org
Date
1876-02-12
Citation
Hutton, R. H, George Eliot's Heroines, Contemporaries on George Eliot's Works, George Eliot Archive, edited by Beverley Park Rilett. https://GeorgeEliotArchive.org, Accessed September 7, 2026. https://www.georgeeliotarchive.org/items/show/52672