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In love with George Eliot : a novel / Kathy O'Shaughnessy.
Van Pelt Library PR6115.S53 I55 2019
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- O'Shaughnessy, Kathy, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Eliot, George, 1819-1880--Fiction.
- Eliot, George.
- Eliot, George, 1819-1880.
- Women authors--Fiction.
- Women authors.
- Women critics.
- Women--Social life and customs.
- Women.
- Authors, English.
- Authors, English--19th century--Fiction.
- Women--Social life and customs--19th century--Fiction.
- Scandals--Fiction.
- Scandals.
- Celebrities--Fiction.
- Celebrities.
- Women critics--Fiction.
- Great Britain--History--Victoria, 1837-1901--Fiction.
- Great Britain.
- History.
- England--Social life and customs--19th century--Fiction.
- England.
- Manners and customs.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- History.
- Historical fiction.
- Biographical fiction.
- Novels.
- Physical Description:
- 385 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- UK edition.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Scribe Publications, 2019.
- Summary:
- "Who was the real George Eliot? Marian Evans is a scandalous figure, living in sin with a married man, George Henry Lewes. She has shocked polite society, and women rarely deign to visit her. In secret, though, she has begun writing fiction under the pseudonym George Eliot. As Adam Bede's fame grows, curiosity rises as to the identity of its mysterious writer. Gradually it becomes apparent that the moral genius Eliot is none other than the disgraced woman living with Lewes. Now Evans' tremendous celebrity begins. The world falls in love with her. She is the wise and great writer, sent to guide people through the increasingly secular, rudderless century, and an icon to her progressive feminist peers - with whom she is often in disagreement. Public opinion shifts. Her scandalous cohabitation is forgiven. But this idyll is not secure and cannot last. When Lewes dies, Evans finds herself in danger of shocking the world all over again. Meanwhile, in another rudderless century, two women compete to arrive at an interpretation of Eliot as writer and as woman..."--Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9781912854042
- 191285404X
- OCLC:
- 1082542055
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