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George Eliot, orig. Mary Ann Evans later Marian Evans, (born Nov. 22, 1819, Chilvers Coton, Warwickshire, Eng.—died Dec. 22, 1880, London), British novelist. Eliot was raised with a strong evangelical piety but broke with religious orthodoxy in her 20s. She worked as a translator, a critic, and a subeditor of the Westminster Review (1851–54).
Apr 18, 2024 · Contents. Home Literature Novels & Short Stories Novelists A-K. Major works of George Eliot. At Weimar and Berlin she wrote some of her best essays for The Westminster and translated Spinoza ’s Ethics (published in 1981), while Lewes worked on his groundbreaking life of Goethe.
Mary Ann Evans (22 November 1819 – 22 December 1880; alternatively Mary Anne or Marian ), known by her pen name George Eliot, was an English novelist, poet, journalist, translator, and one of the leading writers of the Victorian era.
