George Eliot

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 (1862–1863), 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.

George Eliot
Eliot (Mary Ann Evans) in 1850
BornMary Anne Evans
(1819-11-22)22 November 1819
Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England
Died22 December 1880(1880-12-22) (aged 61)
Chelsea, London, England
Resting placeHighgate Cemetery (East), Highgate, London
Pen nameGeorge Eliot
OccupationNovelist, poet, journalist, translator
Alma materBedford College, London
PeriodVictorian
Notable worksScenes of Clerical Life (1857)
Adam Bede (1859)
The Mill on the Floss (1860)
Silas Marner (1861)
Romola (1862–1863)
Felix Holt, the Radical (1866)
Middlemarch (1871–1872)
Daniel Deronda (1876)
Spouse
John Cross
(m. 1880)
PartnerGeorge Henry Lewes (1854–1878)

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.

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