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A Classic Psychological Horror Story by George Eliot "I fancy my father thought me an odd child, and had little fondness for me" A masterpiece of Victorian gothic fiction, George Eliot's haunting novella The Lifted Veil explores the tortured psychology of a man cursed with prophetic... Read Full Overview

The Lifted Veil by George Eliot

Horror was my familiar. Published the same year as her first novel, Adam Bede , this overlooked work displays the gifts for which George Eliot would become famous--gritty realism, psychological insight, and idealistic moralizing. It is unique from all her other writing, however,... Read Full Overview

The Lifted Veil is a novella by George Eliot, first published in 1859. It explores themes of extrasensory perception, the essence of physical life, possible life after death, and the power of fate.

The master of realism, George Eliot, makes a daring departure in this dark tale of ESP, mesmerism, and telepathy. In this little-known story-the only thing she ever wrote using a first-person voice-she explores the psychological state of a man who can read people's minds and... Read Full Overview

George Eliot's The Lifted Veil was first published in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine in 1859 and has now become one of the author's most widely read and critically discussed stories. Told from the point of view of a young, egocentric, and morbid clairvoyant man,... Read Full Overview

The Lifted Veil is a novella by George Eliot, first published in 1859. Quite unlike the realistic fiction for which Eliot is best known, The Lifted Veil explores themes of extrasensory perception, the essence of physical life, possible life after death, and the power of fate... Read Full Overview

The Lifted Veil is a novella by George Eliot, first published in 1859. Quite unlike the realistic fiction for which Eliot is best known, The Lifted Veil explores themes of extrasensory perception, the essence of physical life, possible life after death, and the power of fate... Read Full Overview

The time of my end approaches. I have lately been subject to attacks of anginapectoris; and in the ordinary course of things, my physician tells me, I may fairlyhope that my life will not be protracted many months. Unless, then, I am cursedwith an exceptional physical constitution,... Read Full Overview

The Lifted Veil is a novella by George Eliot, first published in 1859. Quite unlike the realistic fiction for which Eliot is best known, The Lifted Veil explores themes of extrasensory perception, the essence of physical life, possible life after death, and the power of fate... Read Full Overview

The Lifted Veil, has been acknowledged as a major work throughout human history, and we have taken precautions to assure its preservation by republishing this book in a modern manner for both present and future generations. This book has been completely retyped, revised, and... Read Full Overview

Mary Anne Evans was born on 22nd November 1819 at Nuneaton in Warwickshire, England,

As a child she was a committed reader and brimmed with intelligence. Her father felt that her lack of physical beauty might not bring her the best selection of suitors in marriage and therefore... Read Full Overview

Imagine that you could see into other people's minds. Would this power be a blessing or a curse? For Latimer, the narrator of "The Lifted Veil", it only brings misery. Because other people's thoughts are often full of jealousy and hate. The one person he cannot read is Bertha... Read Full Overview

The Lifted Veil is a novella written by the renowned British author George Eliot. The story is set in the mid-19th century and follows the life of a young man named Latimer, who possesses a supernatural gift of being able to see into the future. Despite this gift, Latimer is... Read Full Overview

The Lifted Veil is a novella written by George Eliot, first published in 1859. The story is narrated by a man named Latimer, who is gifted with the ability to see into the future. Despite his gift, Latimer is unhappy and dissatisfied with his life, feeling isolated and disconnected... Read Full Overview