George Eliot

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Very Interesting People, George Eliot. From visionaries, kings, queens, scientists, politicians, writers, and artists, these are the stories of those who have enlightened and enriched history. The Very Interesting People series provides bite-sized biographies of Britain’s most fascinating historical characters - people whose influence and importance have stood the test of time. Each book in the series is based upon the biographical entry from the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. They provide a quick but comprehensive biography of each key figure from family and childhood to death with up-to-date bibliographic references for further reading.

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This richly enjoyable biography of the great Victorian novelist reminds us how truly revolutionary was George Eliot... [Ashton] provides luminously sane readings of the marvellous novels.' A.N. Wilson, Evening Standard'Excellent... Ashton cites Eliot's achievement in a literary landscape which moves from Scott and George Sand to Dickens, Tennyson and Browning...

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