Mary Ann Evans (1819-1880), writing under the pseudonym George Eliot, was one of the most influential literary figures of the 19th century. Born in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, she challenged the social conventions of her time by pursuing a literary career, which was unusual for women. Her relationship with the philosopher George Henry Lewes, with whom she lived without marrying, was also considered scandalous. Eliot is known for novels such as "Middlemarch", "The Mill on the Floss", and "Silas Marner". Her works are notable for their psychological introspection, exploration of moral and social dilemmas, and rich, scholarly prose. "Middlemarch" is often cited as one of the greatest English-language novels, admired for its broad cast of characters and its depiction of life in an English provincial town. Eliot died in London in 1880 at the age of 60.
Poems List
The Jews are among the aristocracy of every land—if a literature is called rich in the possession of a few classic tragedies, what shall we say to a National Tragedy lasting for fifteen hundred years, in which the poets and the actors were also the heroes?
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The growing good of the world is partly dependent on unhistoric acts; and that things are not so ill with you and me as they might have been, is half owing to the number who have lived faithfully a hidden life, and rest in unvisited tombs.
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He said he should prefer not to know the sources of the Nile, and that there should be some unknown regions preserved as hunting-grounds for the poetic imagination.
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There’s allays two ’pinions; there’s the ’pinion a man has of himself, and there’s the ’pinion other folks have on him. There’d be two ’pinions about a cracked bell, if the bell could hear itself.
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I should like to know what is the proper function of women, if it is not to make reasons for husbands to stay at home, and still stronger reasons for bachelors to go out.
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