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Name: George Eliot
Variant Name: Mary Ann Evans
Birth Date: 1819
Death Date: 1880
Place of Birth: Warwickshire, England
Nationality: English
Gender: Female
Occupations: author, novelist

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Biography of George Eliot
1,331 words, approx. 4 pages
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...
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Biography of George Eliot
14,583 words, approx. 49 pages
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...
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Biography of George Eliot
14,071 words, approx. 47 pages
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...
 


Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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Eliot, George (1819–1880) Summary
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Eliot, George(1819–1880) Born Marian (or Mary Ann) Evans, George Eliot was the assumed name of the English novelist, poet, essayist, and translator. She was reared near Coventry and in her early years attended a school run by a fervent...
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Eliot, George Summary
20,596 words, approx. 69 pages
Eliot is a respected novelist of the late nineteenth century, and her work has been praised for its penetrating psychological analysis and profound insight into human character. Generally played against the backdrop of English rural life,...
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George Eliot Information
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Mary Ann (Marian) Evans (22 November 1819 – 22 December 1880), better known by her pen name George Eliot, was an English novelist. She was one of the leading writers of the Victorian era. Her novels, largely set in provincial England, are well known...


News and Journals
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Literary Lady: A GeorgeEliot Quiz
10/8/2007: 295 words, approx. 1 pages
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...
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AP News
Today in history - June 12
6/12/2007: 559 words, approx. 2 pages
Today is Tuesday, June 12, the 163rd day of 2007. There are 202 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On June 12, 1987, President Reagan, during a visit to the divided German city of Berlin, publicly challenged Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to "tear down...
 


Criticism and Essays
Literary Criticism
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Critical Essay by James Krasner
7,241 words, approx. 24 pages
In the following-essay, Krasner explores the personal costs of "exposure" as defined in George Eliot's poetry.
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Critical Essay by Bonnie J. Lisle
5,553 words, approx. 19 pages
In the following excerpt, Lisle argues that while Eliot's poems are flawed, they are nevertheless worth pursuing as avenues to understanding George Eliot and her novels.
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Critical Essay by K. M. Newton
5,033 words, approx. 17 pages
In the following excerpt, Newton asserts that Don Silva, a rebellious character in Eliot's The Spanish Gypsy, is a strong example of a Byronic egoist.
 
Featured Essays
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Essay Grade: 83%
Old Leisure
1,224 words, approx. 4 pages
George Eliot presents her views on "old leisure," pertaining to life many years ago, and new leisure, pertaining to life as it is in her time. Through her use of personification, diction and imagery, Eliot contrasts the simple lifestyle of the past with the complex lifestyle of the present, and reveals her nostalgia towards Old Leisure.


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