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George Eliot

Born

in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England, The United Kingdom

November 22, 1819

Died

December 22, 1880

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Literature & Fiction, Poetry, Journalism

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Mary Ann Evans, 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 wrote seven novels: Adam Bede (1859), The Mill on the Floss (1860), Silas Marner (1861), Romola (1862–1863), Felix Holt, the Radical (1866), Middlemarch (1871–1872) and Daniel Deronda (1876). Like Charles Dickens and Thomas Hardy, she emerged from provincial England; most of her works are set there. Her works are known for their realism, psychological insight, sense of place and detailed depiction of the countryside.
Middlemarch was described by the novelist Virginia Woolf as "one of the few English novels written for grown-up people" and by Martin Amis and Julian Barnes as t ...more

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Average rating: 3.87 · 391,045 ratings · 24,900 reviews · 2,079 distinct works • Similar authors

	Middlemarch 4.02 avg rating — 165,674 ratings — published 1872 — 2468 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Silas Marner 3.68 avg rating — 88,123 ratings — published 1861 — 3790 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Mill on the Floss 3.83 avg rating — 55,960 ratings — published 1860 — 2481 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Daniel Deronda by George Eliot, Edmund White (Introduction) 3.86 avg rating — 25,964 ratings — published 1876 — 444 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Adam Bede 3.82 avg rating — 25,559 ratings — published 1859 — 236 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Romola 3.76 avg rating — 4,533 ratings — published 1863 — 738 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lifted Veil 3.40 avg rating — 4,630 ratings — published 1859 — 1064 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Felix Holt: The Radical by George Eliot, Lynda Mugglestone (Editor) 3.71 avg rating — 4,189 ratings — published 1866 — 53 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Scenes of Clerical Life by George Eliot, Thomas A. Noble (Editor) 3.80 avg rating — 3,120 ratings — published 1857 — 432 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Silas Marner and Two Short Stories 3.96 avg rating — 953 ratings — published 1861 — 51 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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