George Eliot: Scenes of Clerical Life

Cover: 9780140436389 | Scenes of Clerical Life | George Eliot | Taschenbuch | Englisch | 2005

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George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans) made her fictional debut when SCENES OF CLERICAL LIFE appeared in 'Blackwood's Magazine' in 1857. These stories contain Eliot's earliest studies of what became enduring themes in her great novels: the impact of religious controversy and social change in provincial life and the power of love to transform the lives of individual men and women. 'Adam Bede' was soon to appear and bring George Eliot fame and fortune. In the meantime the SCENES won acclaim from a discerning readership including Charles Dickens: ' I hope you will excuse my writing to you to express my admiration...The exquisite truth and delicacy both of the humour and the pathos of those stories I have never seen the like of.'

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George Eliot, the pen name of Mary Ann Evans, was a prominent 19th-century English novelist celebrated for her psychological depth and realistic portrayal of human nature. Born in rural Warwickshire, Eliot's early life was shaped by the responsibilities of caring for her family after her mother's death. Following her father's passing, she moved to London and became involved in intellectual circles. Eliot began her literary career with Scenes of Clerical Life, and her first novel, Adam Bede, was a major success. To ensure her works were taken seriously, she used a male pen name, as female authors were often dismissed in her time. Her later works include The Mill on the Floss, Silas Marner, Romola, Middlemarch, Daniel Deronda, and the psychological novella The Lifted Veil, which explores themes of clairvoyance, fate, and despair. Despite personal controversies, including her relationship with the married George Henry Lewes, Eliot became a respected literary and intellectual figure.

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Empfohlen (von):	18
Erscheinungsjahr:	2005
Genre:	Importe , Romane & Erzählungen
Rubrik:	Belletristik
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13:	9780140436389
ISBN-10:	0140436383
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Eliot, George
Redaktion:	Gribble, Jennifer
Zusammengestellt:	Gribble, Jennifer
Hersteller:	Penguin Classics
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	198 x 129 x 25 mm
Von/Mit:	George Eliot
Erscheinungsdatum:	29.09.2005
Gewicht:	0,493 kg