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Book SynopsisThe life story of the Victorian novelist George Eliot is as dramatic and complex as her best plots. This new assessment of her life and work combines recent biographical research with penetrating literary criticism, resulting in revealing new interpretations of her literary work.
- A fresh look at George Eliot''s captivating life story
- Includes original new analysis of her writing
- Deploys the latest biographical research
- Combines literary criticism with biographical narrative to offer a rounded perspective
Trade Review“It is no surprise that this book is now available in paperback: compact and hugely suggestive, bringing us new things to think about, showing us old myths to discard; in its productive disruption of commonplace fact/fiction approaches to the life and works mode, it enriches and enlarges our understanding of the writer and her writings.” (Cercles, 1 June 2015)
Table of ContentsList of Illustrations ix
Acknowledgments xi
List of Abbreviations xiii
1 The History of a Writer: George Eliot and Biographies 1
2 Early Years: 1819–50 22
3 London and Lewes: 1850–4 64
4 Marian Lewes and George Eliot: 1855–60 95
5 Silas Marner and Romola: 1860–4 120
6 Felix Holt and The Spanish Gypsy: 1865–9 153
7 Middlemarch: 1870–2 181
8 Daniel Deronda: 1873–6 207
9 Impressions of Theophrastus Such: 1877–9 235
10 The Final Years: 1879 to Cross’s Life 255
Bibliography 271
Index 287
