Lesson 5: George Eliot is a chick?!

In today’s lesson, we’ll cover the biography of Marian Evans, including:

An excessive amount of minor name changes

“Strauss-sickness” and its ability to change lives

The saucy radical bastards of G.H. Lewes

A final lap into Cougar town before she passes

And also, Middlemarch, we’ll talk about the context of Middlemarch

George Eliot is Mary Anne Evans, who changes her name to Marian Evans, then later takes on the nicknames of “Mrs. Lewes” and “Madonna” in her common law marriage. All of this before...