Daniel Deronda Identity Quotes

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Quote #10

"You laughed at the mystery of my journey to Italy, Hans," [Daniel] began. "It was for an object that touched my happiness at the very roots. I had never known anything about my parents, and I really went to Genoa to meet my mother. My father has been long dead—died when I was an infant. My mother was the daughter of an eminent Jew; my father was her cousin. Many things had caused me to think of this origin as almost a probability before I set out. I was so far prepared for the result that I was glad of it—glad to find myself a Jew." (67.18)

Here, Daniel has a concise narrative of his background to give others. After worrying for years about who he is and where he comes from, Daniel has a story – and it's one that he's OK with.