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A biography of one of the great, and now widely read English novelists, George Eliot. This book draws heavily upon Eliot's previously unpublished letters to create a revised portrait of her both as a woman and as an artist.

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George Eliot by Frederick Karl

George Eliot, author of "Middlemarch", Adam Bede", "Silas Marner", "Felix Holt" and "Mill on the Floss" was the greatest literary heroine of the 19th century. At the peak of her career she was one of the three most famous women in Victorian England. This book draws upon Eliot's previously unpublished letters to create a revised portrait of her both as a woman and as an artist. The author examines the Victorian contradictions she faced as an intellect, a sensitive individual and a plain woman, rejecting the view of previous biographers that she depended on men. Rather, he sees each of her unusual relationships - with Charles Bray, John Chapman, Herbert Spencer and finally with the married Lewes - as a form of absorption of their place in the masculine world that was denied to her directly.
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ISBN 13 9780006548393
ISBN 10 0006548393
Title George Eliot
Author Frederick Karl
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
Year published 1996-05-20
Number of pages 768
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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