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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: 3.88 · 418,665 ratings · 28,746 reviews · 3,137 distinct works • Similar authors

	Middlemarch 4.04 avg rating — 179,456 ratings — published 1872 — 1068 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 3.69 avg rating — 93,806 ratings — published 1861 — 26 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 3.84 avg rating — 59,146 ratings — published 1860 — 1802 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) 3.87 avg rating — 26,871 ratings — published 1876 — 876 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 3.83 avg rating — 26,453 ratings — published 1859 — 6 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 — 5,391 ratings — published 1859 — 619 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 — 4,792 ratings — published 1863 — 1152 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) 3.72 avg rating — 4,347 ratings — published 1866 — 460 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 — 3,257 ratings — published 1857 — 452 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 3.95 avg rating — 979 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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Scenes of Clerical Life (4 books)
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3.76 avg rating — 3,869 ratings

Middlemarch (2 volumes) (2 books)
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4.06 avg rating — 683 ratings

Middlemarch (8 volumes) (8 books)
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3.76 avg rating — 113 ratings

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3.61 avg rating — 70 ratings

Middlemarch (4 volumes) (4 books)
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3.40 avg rating — 52 ratings

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