A girl of eighteen

Title

A girl of eighteen

Quotation

A girl of eighteen imagines the feelings behind the face that has moved her with its sympathetic youth, as easily as primitive people imagined the humours of the gods in fair weather: what is she to believe in, if not in this vision woven from within?

Text

Romola

Source

(1: 6: 104)

Subject

Youth, Love

Publisher

Published by the George Eliot Archive, edited by Beverley Park Rilett, 2025. https://GeorgeEliotArchive.org

Rights

CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Postcard Creator

Mencner, Abby

Image