Daniel Deronda

There is some similarity with Thomas Hardy's "Tess of the d'Urbervilles." Only here there is not such a cruel end to the life of the main "villain" of the story.
Perhaps the book covers the theme of the main character's transition from selfishness to altruism better (I don't know, since I haven't read it), but it was also interesting to watch it in the series, even though it was a bit crumpled.
In general, it's a good series, just for fans of costume dramas of the Victorian era.

You just can't take your eyes off Romola in this series, she's so good. And the outfits were matched to her, and all the scenes with horses and archery were a delight. Her character is very interesting, atypical for novels of the 19th century, as it seemed to me. In general, Eliot has not read novels yet, but judging by the film adaptations, she always has very unusual plots.
In general, Gwendolyn's line was more interesting to me than the main character's line. It's like he has a lifeguard syndrome - he constantly has to help someone, and Gwedoline is interesting to him as long as he is in the position of a victim, whom he promises to support and protect. As a result, he chooses the goal of life to save an entire nation. I didn't really understand why he chose Mira in the end, I didn't notice any feelings on his part before the proposal. As a like-minded woman from her own people? I didn't understand Lash's role in the story either. They emphasized so much how unpleasant he was to Gwendolyn, how he was distanced-brought closer, and in fact, the character was never revealed. Besides the fact that he arranged a meeting between Gwendolyn and her fiance's mistress, he did not do anything for the entire series, was it worth spending so much time on him?
Overall, I was curious to watch, but a lot of questions remained. Either there are gaps in the script, or I should take a closer look again)