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Subject(s)

• Novelists, English—19th century—Biography [Browse]
• Eliot, George 1819-1880 [Browse]

Series

Blackwell critical biographies. [More in this series]

Summary note

The 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

Notes

Description based upon print version of record.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Language note

English

Contents

• The history of a writer : George Eliot and biographies
• Early years (1819-1849)
• London and George Lewes (1850-54)
• Marian Lewes and George Eliot (1855-59)
• Silas Marner and Romola (1860-64)
• Felix Holt, the radical and The Spanish gypsy (1865-69)
• Middlemarch (1870-72)
• Daniel Deronda (1873-76)
• Impressions of Theophrastus Such (1877-78)
• The final years : 1879 to Cross's life.

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ISBN

• 9786613617484
• 9781118274675
• 1118274679
• 9781280587658
• 1280587652
• 9781118274651
• 1118274652
• 9781118274644
• 1118274644
• 9781118274668
• 1118274660

OCLC

780445064

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