Eliot, George (Mary Anne Evans)
22 November 1819 - 22 December 1880
British novelist, one of the major figures of C19 realism, best-known for works such as
The Mill on the Floss
,
Middlemarch
, and
Adam Bede
, among others. But she also gave us one tale in the Gothic tradition.
Sites:
George Eliot page
Includes chronology and links. [Mitsuharu Matsuoka, Nagoya U]
George Eliot overview
A rich introduction to all things Eliot. [Victorian Web]
Etexts:
"The Lifted Veil"
A ghostly little piece on "second sight."
- at
Peter Batke's site [Princeton U]
(Table of Contents)
- at
Project Gutenberg
(115K)
"George Eliot."