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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]
The importance of William Wordsworth's Lyrical Ballads to the way Adam Bede is written has often been noted. Like Wordsworth's poems, Adam Bede features minutely detailed empirical and psychological observations about illiterate "common folk" who, because of their greater proximity to nature than to culture, are taken as emblematic of human nature in its more pure form.
No matter where you stand with New Year's resolutions, there is something that's inherently uplifting about getting to wipe the slate clean on January 1. For some, that means acquiring a new ...
Daniel Deronda is a novel written by English author George Eliot, pen name of Mary Ann Evans, first published in eight parts (books) February to September 1876. [1] It was the last novel she completed and the only one set in the Victorian society of her day.
“It is never too late to be kind, polite, and a loving human being.” ― Eddie Jaku, “The Happiest Man on Earth” “Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a ...
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.
"Never Too Late," co-directed by R.J. Cutler ("The September Issue," "Billie Eilish: The World’s a Little Blurry") and David Furnish, who is Elton’s husband, sets what has become Elton’s ...
Impressions of Theophrastus Such is a work of fiction by George Eliot (Marian Evans), first published in 1879. It was Eliot's last published writing and her most experimental, taking the form of a series of literary essays by an imaginary minor scholar whose eccentric character is revealed through his work.