George Eliot Boeken

Nell is het verhaal van een volwassen vrouw die haar hele leven door haar moeder van de buitenwereld werd afgezonderd, verscholen in een hut in een bos. Als zij op een dag wordt ontdekt door de jonge arts Jerry Lovell, is ze doodsbang, treurend om haar zojuist gestorven moeder en... onverstaanbaar. Nell spreekt haar eigen taal en leeft in haar eigen wereld. Zonder aarzelen stort de wetenschappelijke wereld zich op de jonge vrouw, die wordt beschouwd als een uniek 'geval'. Nell wordt gebruikt als proefkonijn; diverse partijen strijden om haar, onder het mom deze hulpeloze vrouw te willen helpen... Maar Nell heeft geen hulp nodig: in haar onbedorvenheid beschikt zij over een spirituele kracht die ongekend is in onze 'beschaafde' wereld. Uiteindelijk is zij het die haar gaven schenkt en troost biedt...

Bij de dood van haar moeder blijkt dat een jonge vrouw haar hele leven opgesloten heeft gezeten in een afgelegen hut.

Writing at the very moment when the foundations of Western thought were being challenged and undermined, George Eliot fashions in Middlemarch a concept of life and society free of the past's dogma yet able to confront the scepticism that was taking over the age. Felicia Bonaparte has provided a new Introduction for this updated edition, the text of which is taken from David Carroll's Clarendon Middlemarch (1986), the first critical edition.

The complete surviving journals of a renowned Victorian novelist provide a unique glimpse into the author's thoughts and experiences. This first publication of previously unpublished material offers readers an intimate understanding of the writer's creative process, personal reflections, and the societal context of the time. The journals reveal the complexities of the author's life, making this collection a valuable addition for scholars and fans alike.

3 masterpieces from one of the Victorian era's most brilliant and celebrated feminist novelists--George Eliot, ne Mary Ann Evans. Middlemarch, her most well-known work, paints a rich and varied portrait of English society. Eliot focuses especially on the idealistic Dorothea Brooke, a woman who, lacking a creative outlet of her own, dedicates herself to her husband's legacy. In Silas Marner, a tale filled with mystery and emotion, an embittered man retreats from the outside world, thinking only of work and money. Then his wealth is stolen from him-and a young foundling comes into his life and changes everything. Also included: the short story Amos Barton, which heralded Eliot's arrival as a writer when it was published in Blackwood's magazine in 1857.

Arthur's seduction of an innocent, young country girl results in remorse, suffering, and regret

The works collected in this volume provide an illuminating introduction to George Eliot's incisive views on religion, art and science, and the nature and purpose of fiction. Essays such as 'Evangelical Teaching' show her rejecting her earlier religious beliefs, while 'Woman in France' questions conventional ideas about female virtues and marriage, and 'Notes on Form in Art' sets out theories of idealism and realism that she developed further in Middlemarch and Daniel Deronda. It also includes selections from Eliot's translations of works by Strauss and Feuerbach that challenged many ideas about Christianity; excerpts from her poems; and reviews of writers such as Wollstonecraft, Goethe and Browning. Wonderfully rich in imagery and observations, these pieces reveal the intellectual development of this most challenging and rewarding of writers.

In Middlemarch, in the heart of England, Dorothea wants to change the world and Dr Lydgate hopes to make great scientific discoveries. But after disastrous marriages, they both lose control of their lives.Can they ever achieve their dreams?Middlemarch is generally considered to be one of the greatest novels in the English language.

Silas Marner loves only one thing - his money. Each night he takes it out from it's hiding place and counts it. Then two things happen to change his life - his gold coins are stolen and a little girl comes to live with him. Slowly, Silas Marner starts to change.

A Radio 4 dramatization of George Eliot's last novel, which tells the story of young Daniel Deronda and his fateful relationship with the astonishing Gwendolen Harleth. At heart a love story, it is also a tale of mystery, betrayal and sacrifice.