![]() ![]() She began writing for a radical left-wing journal, The Westminster Review. ![]() Living on the estate also provided her a view of the immense contrast between the lives of the workers and the landowners. In fact, only one of her seven novels can be set without using Greek typeface. She was a voracious reader and taught herself the Classical languages, which she draws upon extensively in her work. Her father was the manager of a stately home in Warwickshire and it was here that Eliot had access to the extensive library. ![]() Many Victorian women writers had to combat the prevailing notion that women novelists wrote only light hearted romances or Gothic tales.Įliot was largely a self taught person. She adopted a male pseudonym so she could be viewed as a serious writer. George Eliot was the pen name of well respected scholar, translator and journalist Mary Ann Evans. Published in 1859, the book has remained a firm favorite with readers and academicians alike and is still taught in many English literature courses all over the world. What happens to these people and the strange twists and turns that their lives take are described in the rest of the book.Īdam Bede was George Eliot's first published novel. Meanwhile, a beautiful and virtuous young woman preacher arrives in the village. She, however, has set her sights on a dashing army captain who's the son of the wealthy local squire. A young carpenter falls in love with the village beauty. ![]()
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