Which Eliot novella is a rare experiment in the supernatural, featuring a narrator with the power of clairvoyance and a morbid obsession with his brother’s wife?
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Correct answer: The Lifted Veil
The Lifted Veil is a Gothic-tinged departure from Eliot's typical realism. It explores themes of alienation and the curse of truly knowing others' thoughts, featuring a narrator with the power of clairvoyance who grows morbidly fixated on his brother's wife.
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