Bullett, Gerald. George Eliot: Her Life and Books. London: Collins, 1947. Cross, John Walter. George Eliot’s Life as Related in Her Letters and Journals. 3 vols ...

THE writer of these pages has observed that the first question usually asked in relation to Mr. Cross’s long-expected biography is whether the reader has not been disappointed in it. The inquirer is ...

This month marks the 200th birthday of English novelist George Eliot. Born Mary Jane Evans, Eliot was the author of classic literary works such as “Middlemarch,” “Silas Marner” and “The Mill on the ...

In her new novel, "The Honeymoon," Dinitia Smith has taken on the most enigmatic portion of the life of Marian Evans, the woman behind the pseudonym George Eliot. After a long and happy relationship ...

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“A marriage is so hideously private,” the novelist and philosopher Iris Murdoch wrote in 1978. “Whoever illicitly draws back that curtain may well be stricken, and in some way that he can least ...

Victorian-era writer Mary Ann Evans is often heralded as the literary force behind one of Britain’s greatest ever novels, “Middlemarch.” But for much of her life, and even today, she is better known ...

Helen Groth receives funding from the Australian Research Council. In our Guide to the Classics series, experts explain key works of literature. Middlemarch (1872) is a slow read and a deeply ...

In a new book, Clare Carlisle considers the powerful partnership between the Victorian novelist and the de facto husband who tended her career. By Alexandra Jacobs When you purchase an independently ...