George Eliot (1819–1880)
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George Eliot was born Mary Ann Evans on a Warwickshire farm in England, where she spent almost all of her early life. She received a modest local education and was particularly influenced by one of her teachers, an extremely religious woman whom the novelist would later use as a model for various visa mer characters. Eliot read extensively, and was particularly drawn to the romantic poets and German literature. In 1849, after the death of her father, she went to London and became assistant editor of the Westminster Review, a radical magazine. She soon began publishing sketches of country life in London magazines. At about his time Eliot began her lifelong relationship with George Henry Lewes. A married man, Lewes could not marry Eliot, but they lived together until Lewes's death. Eliot's sketches were well received, and soon after she followed with her first novel, Adam Bede (1859). She took the pen name "George Eliot" because she believed the public would take a male author more seriously. Like all of Eliot's best work, The Mill on the Floss (1860), is based in large part on her own life and her relationship with her brother. In it she begins to explore male-female relations and the way people's personalities determine their relationships with others. She returns to this theme in Silas Mariner (1861), in which she examines the changes brought about in life and personality of a miser through the love of a little girl. In 1863, Eliot published Romola. Set against the political intrigue of Florence, Italy, of the 1490's, the book chronicles the spiritual journey of a passionate young woman. Eliot's greatest achievement is almost certainly Middlemarch (1871). Here she paints her most detailed picture of English country life, and explores most deeply the frustrations of an intelligent woman with no outlet for her aspirations. This novel is now regarded as one of the major works of the Victorian era and one of the greatest works of fiction in English. Eliot's last work was Daniel Deronda. In that work, Daniel, the adopted son of an aristocratic Englishman, gradually becomes interested in Jewish culture and then discovers his own Jewish heritage. He eventually goes to live in Palestine. Because of the way in which she explored character and extended the range of subject matter to include simple country life, Eliot is now considered to be a major figure in the development of the novel. She is buried in Highgate Cemetery, North London, England, next to her common-law husband, George Henry Lewes. (Bowker Author Biography) visa färre
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The Best-Known Novels of George Eliot: Adam Bede, The Mill on the Floss, Silas Marner, Romola (1777) 103 exemplar
Silas Marner / The Lifted Veil / Brother Jacob / Scenes of Clerical Life (1880) — Författare — 15 exemplar
Romola / Silas Marner — Författare — 9 exemplar
Romola (1/3) 9 exemplar
Romola (3/3) 8 exemplar
Romola (2/3) 8 exemplar
Scenes of Clerical Life (2/2) — Författare — 8 exemplar
George Eliot Six Pack - Middlemarch, Daniel Deronda, Silas Marner, The Lifted Veil, The Mill on the Floss and Adam Bede (2014) 7 exemplar
Daniel Deronda, Volume 1 of 3 7 exemplar
The Mill on the Floss / Silas Marner / The Lifted Veil / Brother Jacob (1890) — Författare — 7 exemplar
[unidentified works] 7 exemplar
Reading & Training : George Eliot : The mill on the Floss [book + sound recording] (2007) — Writer — 6 exemplar
Eliot's works 5 exemplar
Impressions of Theophrastus Such: Essays and Leaves from a Notebook and Poetical Works (1900) 5 exemplar
Reading & Training : George Eliot : Silas Marner [book + sound recording] (2003) — Writer — 5 exemplar
Daniel Deronda, Volume 2 of 3 5 exemplar
Middlemarch (BBC Radio Collection) 4 exemplar
Gems from George Eliot 4 exemplar
Novels of George Eliot 4 exemplar
The Works of George Eliot: Vol. I - Adam Bede, The Mill on the Floss, Romola; Vol. II -- Middlemarch: A Study of… (1890) 4 exemplar
Works of George Eliot. The Mill on the Floss, Daniel Deronda, Adam Bede, Middlemarch, The Lifted Veil & more. (mobi) (2008) 3 exemplar
The Essays of ''George Eliot'' 3 exemplar
The Mill on the Floss / Romola — Författare — 3 exemplar
De gitaar van Renaissance tot rock : de klassieke gitaar, de flamencogitaar, de gitaar in Latijns-Amerika,… (1979) 3 exemplar
Adam Bede | Felix Holt 3 exemplar
George Eliot: Complete Collection of Works with analysis and historical background (Annotated and Illustrated)… (2013) 3 exemplar
El molino 3 exemplar
Scenes From a Clerical Life -- The Life of George Eliot (The Works of George Eliot in Twelve Volumes, Volume 4) (1883) 3 exemplar
George Eliot's Daniel Deronda: Abridged — Författare — 3 exemplar
The Complete Works of George Eliot: St. James Edition:; Volume VI:; Middlemarch Part III, Silas Marner, and Daniel… (1908) 3 exemplar
Miscellaneous Essays ; Impressions of Theophrastus Such ; The Lifted Veil ; Brother Jacob (1901) 2 exemplar
Masterpieces from George Eliot 2 exemplar
Middlemarch | Romola 2 exemplar
The Sad Fortunes of Rev. Amos Barton, Brother Jacob, the Lifted Veil, Impressions of Theophrastus Such (1887) 2 exemplar
Works 2 exemplar
Complete Works of George Eliot, Volume VI 2 exemplar
Scenes of Clerical Life, Silas Marner, Adam Bede (Harper's Fireside Edition, Volume 1, 1885) 2 exemplar
Works of George Eliot, Vol. XVII 2 exemplar
The Mill on the Floss - Intermediate 2 exemplar
George Eliot's Works: Adam Bede/Daniel Deronda/Felix Holt and Clerical Life/Middlemarch/Mill on the Floss/Romola (6… (1914) 2 exemplar
Theophrastus Such / The Spanish Gypsy — Författare — 2 exemplar
The Mill on the Floss / Scenes of Clerical Life — Författare — 2 exemplar
The George Eliot BBC Radio Drama Collection: Five Full-Cast Dramatisations Including Middlemarch, The Mill on the Floss… (2020) 2 exemplar
Novels of George Eliot vol5 Romola 1 exemplar
The student's series of English classics 1 exemplar
Đ ł Ơ ư æ 1 exemplar
Daniel Deronda. Vol II 1 exemplar
Novels of George Eliot vol 3 Felix Holt 1 exemplar
The Complete Essays of George Eliot 1 exemplar
Silvano Marner, il tessitore di Raveloe 1 exemplar
Middlemarch Volume one and two 1 exemplar
Silas Marner ... Edited by Norman Hepple 1 exemplar
Masterpieces of George Eliot 1 exemplar
Slias Marner Etc. 1 exemplar
¤ ¤ ¤ ILLUSTRATED ¤ ¤ ¤ Middlemarch, by George Eliot - NEW Illustrated Classics 2011 Edition (FULLY… 1 exemplar
Silas Marner (With Annotations) Class- XII 1 exemplar
Middlemarch. NOVEL (1871) by: George Eliot. (pen name of Mary Ann Evans) ( It was first published in 1871 to 1872.) (2016) 1 exemplar
Six Pack 1 exemplar
Works of George Eliot (Middlemarch 1 exemplar
Silas Marner, le tisserand de Raveloe 1 exemplar
Romola: A Novel 1 exemplar
Daniel Deronda, Eliot's works 1 exemplar
George Eliot’s Complete Works Romola 1 exemplar
George Elliot Works: 7 books - Middlemarch, Adam Bede, Daniel Deronda, Romola, Impressions of Theophrastus Such...,… (1897) 1 exemplar
The Mill on the Floss 1 exemplar
דניאל דירונדה 1 exemplar
Middlemarch[MIDDLEMARCH][Hardcover] 1 exemplar
Adam Bede / Theophrastus Such 1 exemplar
Silas Marner 1 exemplar
Armgart 1 exemplar
The Natural History of German Life 1 exemplar
German Wit: Heinrich Heine [essay] 1 exemplar
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George Eliot's Life, Vol. III (of 3) as related in her Letters and Journals by George Eliot 1 exemplar
The Ilfracombe Journal [essay] 1 exemplar
Middlemarch D. 2 1 exemplar
Middlemarch D. 1 1 exemplar
Notes on Form in Art 1 exemplar
William Lecky's The Influence of Rationalism 1 exemplar
The Antigone and Its Moral 1 exemplar
Robert Browning's Men and Women 1 exemplar
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J. A. Froude's The Nemesis of Faith [essay] 1 exemplar
Middle March, a study of provincial life 1 exemplar
Middlemarch. Vol.2 1 exemplar
Theophrastus Such, Spanish Gypsy and Poems 1 exemplar
The Mill on the Floss (Shortened Version) 1 exemplar
A Sketch of George Eliot by C Kegan Paul; Essays; Leaves from a Notebook; Poems; Brother Jacob; The Lifted Veil; A… (1885) 1 exemplar
George Elliot: Selected Works 1 exemplar
Do You Lose Your Temper? 1 exemplar
Silas Marner; the Lifted Veil, Brother Jacob; the Impressions of Theophrastus Such & Poems (1920) 1 exemplar
George Eliot's complete works, illustrated 1 exemplar
The Works of George Eliot Part I Volume IX 1 exemplar
George Eliot's Works: Felix Holt, Etc. 1 exemplar
The Girlhood of Maggie Tulliver 1 exemplar
George Eliot's Complete Works - Silas Marner/Spanish Gypsy/Complete Poems (Illustrated) (1908) 1 exemplar
The Complete Works of George Eliot: St. James Edition:; Volume VII:; Daniel Deronda Parts II and III (1908) 1 exemplar
The Writings of George Eliot Together with the Life of J. W. Cross in Twenty-Five Volumes: Warwickshire Edition (1907) 1 exemplar
Poems. Clerical Life 1 exemplar
Wise, Witty, and Tender Sayings in Prose and Verse; Selected From the Works of George Eliot (2012) 1 exemplar
Essays, Volume II 1 exemplar
Essays, Volume I 1 exemplar
The Story of Little Tom and Maggie: from The Mill on the Floss of George Eliot (Famous Children of Literature) (1903) 1 exemplar
Silas Marner | Poems 1 exemplar
Gilfil's Love and Other Stories 1 exemplar
Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe — Amos Barton (from Scenes of Clerical Life) — The Lifted Veil 1 exemplar
Works of George Eliot, Vol. XIV 1 exemplar
The Complete Works of George Eliot: St. James Edition:; Volume II:; The Mill on the Floss, Brother Jacob, and Leaves… (1908) 1 exemplar
Mr. Gilfil's Love Story and Other Works 1 exemplar
George Eliot's Complete Works 6 vols. 1 exemplar
Silas Marner : adopted from the story 1 exemplar
Poems, Essays, Andleaves from a Note Book (Personal Edition of George Eliot's Works) (1904) 1 exemplar
George Eliot Collection: The Complete Novels, Short Stories, Poems and Essays (Middlemarch, Daniel Deronda, Scenes of… (2018) 1 exemplar
Silas Marner by George Eliot (1980-05-06) 1 exemplar
The Spanish Gypsy and Other Poems. Scenes of Clerical Life, Adam Bede, Romola, Felix Holt The Radical., Daniel Deronda,… (1920) 1 exemplar
Romances Tolos de Romancistas Tolas 1 exemplar
Silas Marner | Lifted Veil | Brother Jacob 1 exemplar
Mill on the Floss, Volume 3 1 exemplar
Great work of George Eliot 1 exemplar
George Eliot Works: Silas Marner / The Lifted Veil / Brother Jacob and Scenes of Clerical Life (1890) 1 exemplar
THE BEST-KNOWN NOVELS OF GEORGE ELIOT. Adam Bede, The Mill on the Floss, Silas Maner, Romola (1946) 1 exemplar
The Mill on the Floss (Complete All Books) : Classic Edition With Original Illustrations (2020) 1 exemplar
Silas Marner / Scenes of Clerical Life 1 exemplar
The Works of George Eliot in Twelve Volumes - DANIEL DERONDA - PART ONE - VOL IX (Volume IX) 1 exemplar
The Works of George Eliot, Vol. I 1 exemplar
George Eliot's Works 5 Volumes Romola,The Mill On The Floss,Middlemarch,Daniel Deronda,Felix Holt (1891) 1 exemplar
The Works of George Eliot (1) 1 exemplar
Biographie 1 exemplar
Famous Women 1 exemplar
Vol. 10 - The Works of George Eliot 1 exemplar
Vo. 7 - The Works of George Eliot 1 exemplar
Vol. 6 - The Works of George Eliot 1 exemplar
Golden Grain 1 exemplar
Scenes of clerical life [and essays] 1 exemplar
The Complete Novels of George Eliot - All 9 Novels in One Edition: Adam Bede, The Lifted Veil, The Mill on the Floss,… (2017) 1 exemplar
Silus Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe 1 exemplar
Eliot, George (Maryanne Evans) Archive 1 exemplar
Merrill's English texts 1 exemplar
George Eliot's Works / The Complete Works of George Eliot - Impressions of Theophrastus Such - Miscellaneous Essays… (1910) 1 exemplar
Talking Classics : Middlemarch 1 exemplar
The Best of George Eliot, Volume 2 1 exemplar
Silas Marner (abridged) 1 exemplar
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Taggad
Allmänna fakta
- Namn enligt folkbokföringen
- Evans, Mary Ann
- Andra namn
- Evans, Marian
Cross, Mary Anne - Födelsedag
- 1819
- Avled
- 1880
- Begravningsplats
- Highgate, Londen
- Kön
- female
- Nationalitet
- Verenigd Koninkrijk
- Land (för karta)
- England, UK
- Födelseort
- Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England, UK
- Dödsort
- London, England, UK
- Dödsorsak
- throat infection
- Bostadsorter
- Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England, UK
London, England, UK - Utbildning
- Mrs. Wallington's School (Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England, UK)
- Yrken
- novelist
editor - Relationer
- Lewes, George Henry (husband)
Cross, J. W. (husband)
Hennell, Sara (friend)
Spencer, Herbert (friend)
Evans, Gwyn (great-nephew) - Kort biografi
- Mary Ann Evans (22 November 1819 – 22 December 1880; alternatively Mary Anne or Marian, known by her pen name George Eliot, was an English novelist, poet, journalist, translator and one of the leading writers of the Victorian era. She wrote seven novels, Adam Bede (1859), The Mill on the Floss (1860), Silas Marner (1861), Romola (1862–63), Felix Holt, the Radical (1866), Middlemarch (1871–72) and Daniel Deronda (1876), most of which are set in provincial England and known for their realism and psychological insight.
Although female authors were published under their own names during her lifetime, she wanted to escape the stereotype of women's writing being limited to lighthearted romances. She also wanted to have her fiction judged separately from her already extensive and widely known work as an editor and critic. Another factor in her use of a pen name may have been a desire to shield her private life from public scrutiny, thus avoiding the scandal that would have arisen because of her relationship with the married George Henry Lewes.
Middlemarch has been described by the novelists Martin Amis[3] and Julian Barnes as the greatest novel in the English language. Published under the name J. T. Colgan.
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