Final novel for Eliot; per here and here, I do like her work very much. This is rather long - 695 pages - but Eliot is pretty much always interesting. There are two major story lines - beautiful-but-poor Gwendolyn Harleth; spoiled, immature, but with potential - enters into a loveless marriage. Daniel Deronda lives with his uncle - generally quite happily - but he doesn't know details of his parentage and wonders about it, plus tends to be the selfless sounding board for his friends to the point where he doesn't really have peer relationships.
The paths of Harleth and Deronda intersect in various ways.
Deronda is increasingly interested in Judaism due to a series of events - including getting to know Mirah and her brother.
Mirah lives with the family of Deronda's friend (Hans).
Story lines are set in English aristocratic society of the 1860s, with many topical references (so I was grateful for useful end-notes).
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