IDENTITY
Romola
Literature
Work Summary
A historical novel set in Renaissance Florence during the political and religious upheavals associated with Savonarola. Its heroine Romola develops from an intellectually sheltered young woman into an increasingly independent moral actor amid marriage, betrayal, political conflict and religious change.
Evidence Summary
He says he intends to read the listed books again.
Explicit evidence of prior familiarity and intended rereading.
CONTEXT
Author / Source
George Eliot
Work
Romola
Years / Period
4 Mar 1878
Van Gogh Relation
Reread, Recommended / Sent
EVIDENCE
Key Quotation
CONNECTIONS
Evidence Trail
4 Mar 1878 — Letter 142
Reread · Recommended / intended reread
Van Gogh includes Romola among the Eliot books he urges Theo to read.
Response: He says he intends to read the listed books again.
Connection: Explicit evidence of prior familiarity and intended rereading.
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