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The Life of George Eliot

A Critical Biography

Nancy Henry author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Published:29th Aug '14

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The life story of the Victorian novelist George Eliot is as dramatic and complex as her best plots. This new assessment of her life and work combines recent biographical research with penetrating literary criticism, resulting in revealing new interpretations of her literary work.

  • A fresh look at George Eliot's captivating life story
  • Includes original new analysis of her writing
  • Deploys the latest biographical research
  • Combines literary criticism with biographical narrative to offer a rounded perspective

“It is no surprise that this book is now available in paperback: compact and hugely suggestive, bringing us new things to think about, showing us old myths to discard; in its productive disruption of commonplace fact/fiction approaches to the life and works mode, it enriches and enlarges our understanding of the writer and her writings.”  (Cercles, 1 June 2015)

ISBN: 9781118917671

Dimensions: 231mm x 155mm x 15mm

Weight: 413g

320 pages