George Eliot Birth:
George Eliot was born as Mary Ann Evans on November 22, 1819, in Chilvers Coton, Warwickshire, near Nuneaton, Warwickshire. Her father, Robert Evans, was a carpenter, and later a land agent. Her mother, Christiana Pearson Evans, died in 1836.
Eliot's early experiences in Griff were later depicted in some of her most famous novels.
George Eliot was born as Mary Ann Evans on November 22, 1819, in Chilvers Coton, Warwickshire, near Nuneaton, Warwickshire. Her father, Robert Evans, was a carpenter, and later a land agent. Her mother, Christiana Pearson Evans, died in 1836.
Eliot's early experiences in Griff were later depicted in some of her most famous novels.
George Eliot Death:
George Eliot died on December 22, 1880 in London. The cause of her death was a kidney illness. Eliot wanted to be buried in Westminster Abbey, but her wish was rejected. She was buried in Highgate Cemetary.
George Eliot died on December 22, 1880 in London. The cause of her death was a kidney illness. Eliot wanted to be buried in Westminster Abbey, but her wish was rejected. She was buried in Highgate Cemetary.
George Eliot Marriage:
George Eliot had a relationship with George Henry Lewes until his death in 1878. Lewes was married (his wife was unbalanced), and he never got a divorce; but their relationship continued.
After Lewes died in 1878, Eliot married John Cross, an American banker who was 20 years younger. They married on May 6, 1880, but she died just a few months later (in December).
George Eliot had a relationship with George Henry Lewes until his death in 1878. Lewes was married (his wife was unbalanced), and he never got a divorce; but their relationship continued.
After Lewes died in 1878, Eliot married John Cross, an American banker who was 20 years younger. They married on May 6, 1880, but she died just a few months later (in December).
George Eliot Education:
Geoge Eliot was educated at home, at a boarding school in Nuneaton until she was 13, and at a boarding school in Coventry until she was 16.
Geoge Eliot was educated at home, at a boarding school in Nuneaton until she was 13, and at a boarding school in Coventry until she was 16.
George Eliot Achievements:
The first work that George Eliot published was a poem in 1840. Then, beginning in 1857, George Eliot began using her famous pseudonym with the books that made her famous: "Scenes from Clerical Life" (1857), "Adam Bede" (1859), "The Mill on the Floss" (1860), "Silas Marner" (1861), "Romola" (1863), "Felix Holt"(1866), "Middlemarch" (1871-72), and "Daniel Deronda" (1876).
The first work that George Eliot published was a poem in 1840. Then, beginning in 1857, George Eliot began using her famous pseudonym with the books that made her famous: "Scenes from Clerical Life" (1857), "Adam Bede" (1859), "The Mill on the Floss" (1860), "Silas Marner" (1861), "Romola" (1863), "Felix Holt"(1866), "Middlemarch" (1871-72), and "Daniel Deronda" (1876).
George Eliot - Daniel Deronda :
"Gossip is a sort of smoke that comes from the dirty tobacco-pipes of those who diffuse it; it proves nothing but the bad taste of the smoker."
- Book 2, Ch. 13
"The moment of finding a fellow-creature is often as full of mingled doubt and exultation, as the moment of finding an idea."
- Book 2, Ch. 17
"There is a great deal of unmapped country within us which would have to be taken into account in an explanation of our gusts and storms."
- Book 3, Ch. 24
"Gossip is a sort of smoke that comes from the dirty tobacco-pipes of those who diffuse it; it proves nothing but the bad taste of the smoker."
- Book 2, Ch. 13
"The moment of finding a fellow-creature is often as full of mingled doubt and exultation, as the moment of finding an idea."
- Book 2, Ch. 17
"There is a great deal of unmapped country within us which would have to be taken into account in an explanation of our gusts and storms."
- Book 3, Ch. 24
George Eliot - Lines from Adam Bede:
"For thoughts are so great--aren't they, sir? They seem to lie upon us like a deep flood; and it's my besetment to forget where I am and everything about me, and lose myself in thoughts that I could give no account of, for I could neither make a beginning nor ending of them in words."
- Ch. 8
"Susceptible persons are more affected by a change of tone that by unexpected words."
- Ch. 27
"Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds."
- Ch. 29
"For thoughts are so great--aren't they, sir? They seem to lie upon us like a deep flood; and it's my besetment to forget where I am and everything about me, and lose myself in thoughts that I could give no account of, for I could neither make a beginning nor ending of them in words."
- Ch. 8
"Susceptible persons are more affected by a change of tone that by unexpected words."
- Ch. 27
"Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds."
- Ch. 29
George Eliot - Lines from Middlemarch:
"Marriage, which has been the bourne of so many narratives, is still a great beginning, as it was to Adam and Eve, who kept their honeymoon in Eden, but had their first little one among the thorns and thistles of the wilderness. It is still the beginning of the home epic - the gradual conquest or irremediable loss of that complete union which makes the advancing years as a climax, and age the harvest of sweet memories in common."
"Marriage, which has been the bourne of so many narratives, is still a great beginning, as it was to Adam and Eve, who kept their honeymoon in Eden, but had their first little one among the thorns and thistles of the wilderness. It is still the beginning of the home epic - the gradual conquest or irremediable loss of that complete union which makes the advancing years as a climax, and age the harvest of sweet memories in common."
George Eliot Brief Biography:
(1819-1880) British writer. George Eliot was born Mary Ann Evans in Chilvers Coton, Warwickshire. Eliot's first collection, "Scenes Of Clerical Life," appeared in 1858; but she's more well-known for "Middlemarch."
(1819-1880) British writer. George Eliot was born Mary Ann Evans in Chilvers Coton, Warwickshire. Eliot's first collection, "Scenes Of Clerical Life," appeared in 1858; but she's more well-known for "Middlemarch."
