
Of Deronda but also a physical transformation of the type found in fairy tales. This ‘detail’ became the central element in a deconstructive readingĬhase argues that the novel demands not only a spiritual conversion on the part Must be invisible, or non-existent – which is one more demonstration in detail of why the plot does not in fact work.

In order for the plot of Daniel Deronda to work, Deronda's circumcised penis What this has to mean – given the conventions of medical practice at the time – is that he never It is only when he is a grown man, having been to Eton and Cambridge, that he discovers that Mr Davis has discovered a detail – or a missing detail – in Daniel Deronda that throws the whole central plot of the novel out of kilter.
