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George Eliot

Born

in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England, The United Kingdom

November 22, 1819

Died

December 22, 1880

Genre

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 · 396,178 ratings · 25,577 reviews · 2,289 distinct works • Similar authors

	Middlemarch 4.02 avg rating — 168,212 ratings — published 1872 — 2473 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 — 89,163 ratings — published 1861 — 2294 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 — 56,598 ratings — published 1860 — 2479 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 — 26,129 ratings — published 1876 — 854 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 — 25,732 ratings — published 1859 — 2115 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 — 4,591 ratings — published 1863 — 1149 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 — 4,799 ratings — published 1859 — 1059 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 — 4,223 ratings — published 1866 — 511 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 — 3,153 ratings — published 1857 — 430 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 — 958 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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