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'''George Eliot''' was the pen name of English female novelist Mary Ann Evans (1819-1880). | '''George Eliot''' was the pen name of English female novelist Mary Ann Evans (1819-1880). Born on a farm in Warwickshire, she used many of her real-life experiences in her books, which she wrote under a man's name in order to improve her chances of publication. | ||
She defied convention by living for many years with ], a writer, who died in 1878. After this she married a man twenty years younger than her, but herself died a few months later. Her works include: | |||
==== Books ==== | |||
* ''Middlemarch'' | * ''Middlemarch'' (published 1871) | ||
* ''The Mill on the Floss'' | * ''The Mill on the Floss'' (1860) | ||
* ''Adam Bede'' | * ''Adam Bede'' (1859) | ||
* ''Silas Marner'' (1861) | |||
* ''Daniel Deronda'' (1876) | |||
''References and external links:'' | ''References and external links:'' |
Revision as of 03:23, 31 March 2002
George Eliot was the pen name of English female novelist Mary Ann Evans (1819-1880). Born on a farm in Warwickshire, she used many of her real-life experiences in her books, which she wrote under a man's name in order to improve her chances of publication.
She defied convention by living for many years with George Henry Lewes, a writer, who died in 1878. After this she married a man twenty years younger than her, but herself died a few months later. Her works include:
- Middlemarch (published 1871)
- The Mill on the Floss (1860)
- Adam Bede (1859)
- Silas Marner (1861)
- Daniel Deronda (1876)
References and external links: http://65.107.211.206/eliot/eliotov.html