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minutia_rFinally managed to read The Lifted Veil
It’s … I got to be honest, it’s not George Eliot’s best work. It’s got a number of pithy epigrams and well-observed moments, but it lacks the psychological, plot, and worldbuilding complexity of most of her novels. Still, it’s interesting to see that she was writing about telepathy and precognition narrowing somebody’s life choices and human connections before, say, Frank Herbert was a twinkle in anyone’s eye.
It’s … I got to be honest, it’s not George Eliot’s best work. It’s got a number of pithy epigrams and well-observed moments, but it lacks the psychological, plot, and worldbuilding complexity of most of her novels. Still, it’s interesting to see that she was writing about telepathy and precognition narrowing somebody’s life choices and human connections before, say, Frank Herbert was a twinkle in anyone’s eye.
