Life of George Eliot

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

Auteur

Nancy Henry is Professor of English at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. She is the author of George Eliot and the British Empire (2002), and The Cambridge Introduction to George Eliot (2008), and co-editor of Victorian Investments: New Perspectives on Finance and Culture (2009). She is also the recipient of a 2014/15 NEH Fellowship.

Résumé
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

Contenu

List of Illustrations ix

Acknowledgments xi

List of Abbreviations xiii

1 The History of a Writer: George Eliot and Biographies 1

2 Early Years: 181950 22

3 London and Lewes: 18504 64

4 Marian Lewes and George Eliot: 185560 95

5 Silas Marner and Romola: 18604 120

6 Felix Holt and The Spanish Gypsy: 18659 153

7 Middlemarch: 18702 181

8 Daniel Deronda: 18736 207

9 Impressions of Theophrastus Such: 18779 235

10 The Final Years: 1879 to Cross's Life 255

Bibliography 271

Index 287