[Fine Binding] Eliot, George.  FELIX HOLT THE RADICAL.  Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood, 1866.  First Edition, 3vols. , full modern burgundy morocco leather w/gilt titling and decor, 8vo (7.5 x 4.75”), very good / n.a. , [iv], 303, [1] pp.; [iv], 290 pp.; [iv], 283, [1] pp., plus 20 pp. ads.  No flaws noted in modern binding, previous owners signature lightly penned on all three half-title pages (A.W. Franklin), light age-toning, soiling, and occasional spotting to text, all fore edges of text block lightly soiled more so on the head.

   When the young nobleman Harold Transome returns to England from the colonies with a self-made fortune, he scandalizes the town of Treby Magna with his decision to stand for Parliament as a Radical. But after the idealistic Felix Holt also returns to the town, the difference between Harold's opportunistic values and Holt's profound beliefs becomes apparent. Forthright, brusque and driven by a firm desire to educate the working-class, Felix is at first viewed with suspicion by many, including the elegant but vain Esther Lyon, the daughter of the local clergyman. As she discovers, however, his blunt words conceal both passion and deep integrity. Soon the romantic and over-refined Esther finds herself overwhelmed by a heart-wrenching decision: whether to choose the wealthy Transome as a husband, or the impoverished but honest Felix Holt. – (Goodreads).

 Who will she choose?  Find out right here in this 1^st Edition by Mary Anne Evans.  Quite the distinctive set of books; indeed, an entirely wonderful segment of Captured Tyme.