Show 4 HOW ROMOLA lv WAS WRITTEN i jY George e rge Immortal t the e Result of an inspiration and Much Hard W rk i I i The scene of ot orcola Is the Florence Florence Flor Floro- 1 ence of ot the fifteenth century and the plan of It came to Oe George rge Eliot In the f. f course of ot Italian an Journey one of ot those Journeys that seem to divide ones one's life In half halt so many new nw Ideas dp do they suggest so 0 many new sources of Interest do they open to the mind Having flaying nied on 00 her scheme she reit returned re re- it turned to Florence Florene visiting the old J streets rummaging ancient books s seeking Becking to Impregnate herself with the I t spirit of the venerable city But Bat Buthe she he i was still SUlI tar far nr from her goal V. When oo her return home she at last se set to work she saw Its Us difficulties rl rising before her ber Would not her genius demert de- de i eert sert her when she site left the familiar 1 S t scenes of ot rustic life lite in the England of ot today for foz foreign countries and past S 'S ages iges She despaired more than once 5 5 gave gave up tp her task then took It It up again n plunged conscientiously as she shedid he did everything e into historical studies and brou brought ht forth In sorrow a kind of ot moral tragedy which even th the reader render 5 cannot behold without emotion Ed Edmond Ed- Ed mond Scherer J |