George Eliot's Life As Related In Her Letters And Journals

by George Eliot, John Walter Cross (Editor)

George Eliot's Life As Related In Her Letters And Journals (1908) is a comprehensive collection of the personal letters and journals of Mary Ann Evans, better known by her pen name George Eliot. The book provides an intimate look into the life and thoughts of one of the most influential writers of the Victorian era. The letters and journals cover a wide range of topics, including Eliot's personal relationships, her writing process, and her views on religion, politics, and society. The book also includes commentary and analysis by the editor, J.W. Cross, who was Eliot's husband. Overall, the book offers readers a unique and fascinating glimpse into the life and mind of one of the most important literary figures of the 19th century.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

332 pages, Hardcover

First published March 28, 1919

About the author

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 the greatest novel in the English language.