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George Eliot

Born

in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England, The United Kingdom

November 22, 1819

Died

December 22, 1880

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Poetry, Journalism

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Mary Ann Evans, 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 (1862–1863), Felix Holt, the Radical (1866), Middlemarch (1871–1872) and Daniel Deronda (1876). Like Charles Dickens and Thomas Hardy, she emerged from provincial England; most of her works are set there. Her works are known for their realism, psychological insight, sense of place and detailed depiction of the countryside.
Middlemarch was described by the novelist Virginia Woolf as "one of the few English novels written for grown-up people" and by Martin Amis and Julian Barnes as t ...more

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Average rating: 3.89 · 430,091 ratings · 30,758 reviews · 3,002 distinct works • Similar authors

	Middlemarch 4.05 avg rating — 186,138 ratings — published 1872 — 2455 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Silas Marner 3.70 avg rating — 95,764 ratings — published 1861 — 2360 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Mill on the Floss 3.84 avg rating — 60,317 ratings — published 1860 — 258 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Daniel Deronda by George Eliot, Edmund White (Introduction) 3.87 avg rating — 27,185 ratings — published 1876 — 110 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Adam Bede 3.83 avg rating — 26,731 ratings — published 1859 — 266 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lifted Veil 3.40 avg rating — 5,681 ratings — published 1859 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Romola 3.77 avg rating — 4,887 ratings — published 1863 — 888 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Felix Holt: The Radical by George Eliot, Lynda Mugglestone (Editor) 3.72 avg rating — 4,419 ratings — published 1866 — 87 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Scenes of Clerical Life by George Eliot, Thomas A. Noble (Editor) 3.81 avg rating — 3,312 ratings — published 1857 — 451 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Silas Marner and Two Short Stories 3.95 avg rating — 1,008 ratings — published 1861 — 49 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Scenes of Clerical Life (4 books)
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3.71 avg rating — 129 ratings

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3.61 avg rating — 70 ratings

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3.50 avg rating — 56 ratings

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Sefiller - Victor Hugo 1862, 1724 sayfa

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