Author Profile
George Eliot
| Biography: | George Eliot was the pen name of English Victorian novelist Mary Anne Evans (1819-1880). Using a male pseudonym preserved her privacy and ensured that her work was taken seriously. Her earliest education religious, from Anglican and Baptist teachers, though she later turned her back on organized religion, including its strictures on marriage. She lived and traveled with George Henry Lewes, who had an open marriage. In 1959 she released her first novel, Adam Bede, to immense popularity; her true identity was made public soon after. She is known today for works like Middlemarch and Silas Marner. |
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Daniel Deronda  |
Daniel Deronda
It is late in the summer of 1865 when Daniel Deronda meets Gwendolen Harleth. She is beautiful, but also stubborn and reckless. Having gambled her money away, Gwendolen pawns a priceless necklace, but Daniel redeems it for her and opens the adventure-filled path to her heart. Category: Historical Romance |
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Adam Bede  |
Adam Bede
A pure-hearted English carpenter, Adam Bede is an unlikely match for the vain and selfish Hetty Sorrel. He pursues her anyway, even as she is seduced by haughty Lord Arthur. Things change when Adam meets minister Dinah Morris and finds a moral and intellectual equal like he has never known. Category: Historical Romance |
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