Eliot [eli?t] George, właśc. Mary Ann Evans, ur. 22 XI 1819, Chilvers Coton (hrab. Warwickshire), zm. 22 XII 1880, Londyn, pisarka angielska;
zbliżona do kręgów pozytywist.; utrzymywała kontakty z J.S. Millem i H. Spencerem; w realist. powieściach z tezą, wyróżniających się pogłębioną analizą psychol. bohaterów, odbija się problematyka intelektualna epoki: wpływ środowiska na charakter i los jednostki, zagadnienia emancypacyjno-oświat., poszukiwanie źródeł konfliktów społ. i obyczajowo-moralnych; charakterystyczna jest też dla nich sugestywnie odtworzona atmosfera ang. prowincji (Adam Bede 1859, wyd. pol. 1891–92; Młyn nad Flossą 1860, wyd. pol. 1960; Silas Marner 1861; Felix Holt, the Radical 1866; Middlemarch 1871–72; Daniel Deronda 1874–76).
Mary Ann Evans who is better known by her pen name George Eliot was a leading British Victorian novelist. Eliot was known for her realism and keenness ...
Mary Anne (alternatively Mary Ann or Marian) Evans (22 November 1819 – 22 December 1880), better known by her pen name George Eliot, was an English ...
Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe is the third novel by George Eliot, published in 1861. An outwardly simple tale of a linen weaver, it is notable for ...
"Adam Bede" is a classic novel by George Eliot, set in the pastoral countryside of England. The story revolves around the eponymous character, Adam Bede ...
“Middlemarch - A Study of Provincial Life” is an 1871 novel by English author George Eliot. Set in the fictitious Midlands town of Middlemarch ...
Maggie Tulliver is a brilliant woman who finds herself at the center of a love triangle between her childhood crush and a cousin's potential fiancé. ...
Set during the political upheavals of 19th Century England, Middlemarch is an epic story of love, politics, and passion. The novel follows lives of the ...
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