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Mary Ann Evans (22 November 1819 – 22 December 1880; alternatively Mary Anne or Marian [1] [2]), known by her pen name George Eliot, was an English novelist, poet, journalist, translator, and one of the leading writers of the Victorian era. [3]
George Eliot's "identity" was revealed in a letter to The Times, but this claim was immediately refuted in a letter from Eliot herself. [35] In 1858 Charles Dickens wrote to Eliot to express his approval of the book, and was among the first to suggest that Scenes of Clerical Life might have been written by a woman. [36]
Like other novels by George Eliot, The Mill on the Floss articulates the tension between circumstances and the spiritual energies of individual characters struggling against those circumstances. A certain determinism is at play throughout the novel, from Mr Tulliver's inability to keep himself from "going to law", and thereby losing his ...
Adam Bede was the first novel by English author George Eliot, pen name of Mary Ann Evans, first published in 1859.It was published pseudonymously, even though Evans was a well-published and highly respected scholar of her time.
The Marriage Question: George Eliot's Double Life is a book written by Clare Carlisle and published by Allen Lane in 2023. The work explores the life and philosophy of Mary Anne Evans, known by her pen name George Eliot .
Romola is a historical novel written between 1862 and 1863 by English author Mary Ann Evans under the pen name of George Eliot set in the fifteenth century. It is "a deep study of life in the city of Florence from an intellectual, artistic, religious, and social point of view". [1]
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The Lifted Veil is a novella by George Eliot, first published anonymously in Blackwood's Magazine in 1859. [1] [2] It was republished in 1879. [2]Quite unlike the realistic fiction for which Eliot is best known, The Lifted Veil explores themes of extrasensory perception, possible life after death, and the power of fate.