George Eliot's last novel, Daniel Deronda, first published in 1876, caused a storm of controversy in the English press - indeed: in it, for the first time in the history of British literature, George Eliot touched on the painful topic of the hidden anti-Semitism of English society, full secret xenophobia and national prejudices. But if the “national” theme of the novel has lost its acute relevance these days, then time has only benefited its second line - the psychological one. The story of the complex, multifaceted relationship between young Daniel and the greatest love of his life - the selfish, arrogant, authoritarian and hopelessly married beauty Gwendolyn - was far ahead of Victorian literature in its ambiguity and even now looks surprisingly modern.