George Eliot
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Mary Ann Evans, known by her pen name George Eliot, was an English novelist, poet, journalist, translator, and one of the leading writers of the Victorian era. She wrote seven novels: Adam Bede, The M
Eliot (Mary Ann Evans) in 1850
Portrait of George Eliot by Samuel Laurence, c. 1860
Photograph (albumen print) of George Eliot, c. 1865
Blue plaque, Holly Lodge, 31 Wimbledon Park Road, London
Silas Marner
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Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe is the third novel by English author George Eliot; it was published on 2 April 1861. A seemingly simple story of a linen weaver, Silas Marner is notable for its str
George Eliot
…journalist, translator, and one of the leading writers of the Victorian era. She wrote seven novels: Adam Bede (1859), The Mill on the Floss (1860), Silas Marner (1861), Romola (1862–1863), Felix Holt, the Radical (1866), Middlemarch (1871–1872) and Daniel Deronda (1876). Her novels are known for their realism…
Title page of the first edition, 1861
"Silas finds Eppie"