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Evans, Mary Anne (1819–1880)
Major English writer of the 19th century who, under the pseudonym George Eliot, wrote seven novels, including Silas Marner, Middlemarch, Adam Bede, and The Mill on the Floss.Name variations: Mary Ann Evans; Marian Evans; Marian Evans Lewes; Mary Ann Cross; Mrs. John W. Cross; (nicknames) Polly, Pollian; (pseudonym) George Eliot. Pronunciation: Lewes pronounced Lewis. Born Mary Anne Evans on November 22, 1819, in Warwickshire, England; died on December 22, 1880, in London; daughter of Robert Evans (a carpenter turned estate agent) and Christiana (Pearson) Evans; attended village dame school, then boarding schools in Attleborough, Nuneaton, and Coventry; lived as the wife of George Henry Lewes from 1854 until his death on November 30, 1878; married John Walter Cross, on May 6, 1880; no children.
Born on the Arbury estate in Warwickshire; grew up at Chilvers Coton, near Nuneaton; under the influence of evangelical teachers, had a conversion experience at about age 15; left school (1835) during mother's terminal illness; kept house for her fath English novelist and poet (1819–1880) For other uses, see George Eliot (disambiguation). George Eliot Eliot (Mary Ann Evans) in 1850 John Cross Mary Ann Evans (22 November 1819 – 22 December 1880; alternatively Mary Anne or Marian[1][2]), known by her pen name George Eliot, was an English novelist, poet, journalist, translator, and on Biography 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 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). As with 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 the greatest novel in the English language. Scandalously and unconventionally for the era, she lived with the married George Henry Lewes as his conjugal partner, from 1854–1878, and called him her husband. He re
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George Eliot
Born Mary Anne Evans
(1819-11-22)22 November 1819
Nuneaton, Warwickshire, EnglandDied 22 December 1880(1880-12-22) (aged 61)
Chelsea, London, EnglandResting place Highgate Cemetery (East), Highgate, London Pen name George Eliot Occupation Novelist, poet, journalist, translator Alma mater Bedford College, London Period Victorian Notable works Scenes of Clerical Life (1857)
Adam Bede (1859)
The Mill on the Floss (1860)
Silas Marner (1861)
Romola (1862–1863)
Felix Holt, the Radical (1866)
Middlemarch (1871–1872)
Daniel Deronda (1876)Spouse Partner George Henry Lewes (1854–1878) •
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