Brother Jacob

In Brother Jacob, George Eliot delivers a sharp, darkly comic tale of ambition, deception, and consequence. David Faux is a clever schemer whose hunger for status leads him to craft a false identity and a string of calculated moves. As his plans tighten, so do the moral pressures surrounding him, revealing the fragile foundations of a life built on pretense. Eliot’s precise psychological insight exposes vanity, self-justification, and the quiet costs of dishonesty. Set against a vividly ren...