Felix Holt, the Radical (Part 1)

George Eliot

⏱ 7 minVictorian classic

Part 1 of 2. In a Midlands town swept up in the 1832 Reform election, an idealist workingman who refuses to rise above his class and a refined minister's daughter with a secret birthright collide — and reluctantly fall in love. The opening of George Eliot's great novel of class and politics.

Listen to the whole of Felix Holt, the Radical (Part 1) in about 7 minutes — professionally narrated, with Apple-Music-style synced subtitles. One book free every day; Folio Premium unlocks the entire library.