The Impressions of Theophrastus Such

Impressions of Theophrastus Such, The,
a volume of essays by G. Eliot , published 1879 . Most of the 18 essays are character studies loosely based on the model of Theophrastus ; the author writes in the character of the bachelor son of a Tory Midlands country parson, himself a Londoner, and reflects on various contemporary types, such as the carping and arrogant Lentulus and the ever-youthful though ageing Ganymede. The last chapter echoes Daniel Deronda in its defence of Jewish nationalism and its attack on various manifestations of anti-Semitism.