George Eliot






George Eliot

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born
November 22, 1819

died
December 22, 1880

gender
female

place of birth
South Farm, Arbury, Warwickshire, England, The United Kingdom

genre
Literature & Fiction


about this author

Mary Ann (Marian) Evans, better known by her pen name George Eliot, was an English novelist. She was one of the leading writers of the Victorian era. Her novels, largely set in provincial England, are well known for their realism and psychological perspicacity.

She used a male pen name, she said, to ensure that her works were taken seriously. Female authors published freely under their own names, but Eliot wanted to ensure that she was not seen as merely a writer of romances. An additional factor may have been a desire to shield her private life from public scrutiny and to prevent scandals attending her relationship with the married George Henry Lewes. They lived together as man and wife, but Lewes was unable to divorce his wife ...more




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avg rating: 3.75 | 19,065 ratings | 2,191 reviews | 163 distinct works | 74 fans
Middlemarch Middlemarch
by George Eliot
avg rating 3.98 — 5,536 ratings — published 1872
156 editions
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Silas Marner Silas Marner (Enriched Classics Series)
by George Eliot
avg rating 3.47 — 4,512 ratings — published 1861
238 editions
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Adam Bede Adam Bede
by George Eliot
avg rating 3.76 — 969 ratings — published 1859
87 editions
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Daniel Deronda Daniel Deronda
by George Eliot
avg rating 3.93 — 925 ratings — published 1876
51 editions
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Romola Romola
by George Eliot, Dorothea Barrett
avg rating 3.55 — 152 ratings — published 1919
11 editions
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Felix Holt, The Radical Felix Holt, The Radical
by George Eliot, Lynda Mugglestone (Editor)
avg rating 3.61 — 114 ratings — published 1866
21 editions
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George Eliot: Middlemarch - Si... George Eliot: Middlemarch - Silas Marner - Amos Barton
by George Eliot
avg rating 4.06 — 77 ratings — published 1900
4 editions
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The Lifted Veil / Brother Jaco... The Lifted Veil / Brother Jacob
by George Eliot
avg rating 3.50 — 82 ratings — published 1999
9 editions
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Scenes of Clerical Life Scenes of Clerical Life
by George Eliot
avg rating 3.49 — 72 ratings — published 1858
34 editions
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The Lifted Veil The Lifted Veil
by George Eliot
avg rating 3.36 — 55 ratings — published 1878
15 editions
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"It is never too late to be what you might have been."
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"I like not only to be loved, but also to be told that I am loved. I am not sure that you are of the same mind. But the realm of silence is large enough beyond the grave. This is the world of light and speech, and I shall take leave to tell you that you are very dear."
George Eliot
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"What do we live for, if it is not to make life less difficult for each other?"
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