The Essays Of George Eliot, Complete: Collected And Arranged, With An Introduction On Her Analysis Of Motives (1883)

Eliot, George

ISBN 10: 1166991199 / ISBN 13: 9781166991197

Published by Kessinger Publishing, 2010

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Essays Of George Eliot, Complete: Collected And Arranged, With An Introduction On Her Analysis Of Motives (1883)
• Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1166991199
• ISBN 13: 9781166991197
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

The Essays of George Eliot, Complete is a collection of essays written by the renowned English novelist, George Eliot. The book was first published in 1883 and contains all of Eliot's essays, which were collected and arranged in a single volume. The essays cover a wide range of topics, including literary criticism, social commentary, and philosophy. They offer a unique insight into Eliot's views on various issues and showcase her exceptional writing skills. The book also features an introduction that discusses Eliot's analysis of motives, which is a recurring theme in her work. Overall, The Essays of George Eliot, Complete is a must-read for anyone interested in the works of one of the greatest writers of the Victorian era.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

About the Author

Mary Ann Evans (22 November 1819 – 22 December 1880; alternatively "Mary Anne" or "Marian"), 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 is the author of seven novels, including Adam Bede (1859), The Mill on the Floss (1860), Silas Marner (1861), Felix Holt, the Radical (1866), Middlemarch (1871–72), and Daniel Deronda (1876), most of them set in provincial England and known for their realism and psychological insight. She used a male pen name, she said, to ensure her works would be taken seriously. Female authors were published under their own names during Eliot's life, but she wanted to escape the stereotype of women only writing lighthearted romances. She also wished to have her fiction judged separately from her already extensive and widely known work as an editor and critic. An additional factor in her use of a pen name may have been a desire to shield her private life from public scrutiny and to prevent scandals attending her relationship with the married George Henry Lewes, with whom she lived for over 20 years. Her 1872 work Middlemarch has been described by Martin Amis and Julian Barnes as the greatest novel in the English language.