George Eliot was the pen name used by the English novelist Mary Ann Evans (1819-1880), one of the most important writers of European fiction. Her masterpiece, Middlemarch, is not only a major social document but also one of the greatest novels in the his...
The most learned and respected novelist of the late Victorian period, George Eliot suffered a decline in reputation after her death and into the early twentieth century because the biography stitched together by her widower, John Walter Cross, left out t...
The most learned and respected novelist of the later Victorian period, George Eliot suffered a decline in reputation after her death and into the early twentieth century because the biography stitched together by her widower, John Walter Cross, left out...
It occasionally happens that a book written to explain an earlier age takes on a new and startling relevance in a later one. This is the case with George Eliot's last and most ambitious novel, Daniel Deronda. Published in parts between 1873 and 1876,...
Daniel Deronda's focus turned away from the home and toward an abstracted community known also as the homeland. The domestic community of a household can be abstracted but can also be experienced first hand. The nation's domestic community, however, can only be imagined. This...
Question 1 of 10:The world will always know her as George Eliot , but what was this great British novelist's real name? Judith Murray Mary Anne Evans Anna Stevenson Clarissa Joan Smith Question 2 of 10:Though she would later question...
Question 1 of 10:The young Steven played Adrian Mole's friend and rival for Pandora's love. What was his character's name?Paul Sparrow Nigel Partridge Sammy PigeonColin HawkQuestion 2 of 10: Steven 's first film role was ‘Prick Up Your Ears’, which chronicled the life story of...
