George Eliot in love / Brenda Maddox.

Title :

George Eliot in love

Author:

Maddox, Brenda.

Format:

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Summary:

George Eliot is one of the most celebrated novelists in history. Her books, including Middlemarch, Daniel Deronda, and Adam Bede, are as appreciated now as they were in the nineteenth century. Yet her nonconformist and captivating personal life-a compelling story in itself-is not well known. Ridiculed as an ugly duckling, Eliot violated strict social codes by living with a married man for most of her adult life. Soon after he died, she married a much younger man who attempted suicide during their honeymoon. The obstacles Eliot overcame in her life informed her work and have made her legacy an enduring one. Brenda Maddox brings her lively style to bear on the intersection of Eliot's life and novels. She delves into the human side of this larger-than-life figure, revealing the pleasure and pain behind the intellectual's public face. The result is a deeply personal biography that sheds new light on a woman who lived life on her own terms and altered the literary landscape in the process.

Language:

English

ISBN - ISSN:

0230105181

9780230105188

Physical Description:

238 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

General Note:

Originally published: George Eliot : novelist, lover, wife. London : HarperPress, 2009.

Contents:

Introduction -- Father's little wench (1819-1832) -- A saint, perhaps? (1832-1841) -- Coventry awakening (1841-1849) -- Herself alone (1849-1851) -- Working journalist (1851-1852) -- Falling in love again--and again (1852-1854) -- An ideal husband (1854-1856) -- House of two Georges (1857-1859) -- Finding gold (1859-1863) -- The Prioress (1863-1869) -- Masterpiece (1869-1872) -- Reaching the heights (1872-1878) -- Near-death in Venice (1879-1880) -- Keeper of the flame (1880-1884).

Subject:

Novelists, English -- 19th century -- Biography.

Women novelists, English -- 19th century -- Biography.

Eliot, George, 1819-1880.

Eliot, George, 1819-1880 -- Relations with men.

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George Eliot is one of the most celebrated novelists in history. Her books, including Middlemarch , Daniel Deronda, and Adam Bede, are as appreciated now as they were in the nineteenth century. Yet her nonconformist and captivating personal life--a compelling story in itself--is not well known. Ridiculed as an ugly duckling, Eliot violated strict social codes by living with a married man for most of her adult life. Soon after he died, she married a much younger man who attempted suicide during their honeymoon. The obstacles Eliot overcame in her life informed her work and have made herlegacy an enduring one.
Brenda Maddox brings her lively style to bear on the intersection of Eliot's life and novels. She delves into the human side of this larger-than-life figure, revealing the pleasure and pain behind the intellectual's public face. The result is a deeply personal biography that sheds new light on a woman who lived life on her own terms and altered the literary landscape in the process.

Author Notes

Brenda Maddox is an award-winning author and journalist. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times , The Washington Post , The Observer , The Times , and New Statesman . Her book Rosalind Franklin: The Dark Lady of DNA won the Los Angeles Times Science Book Award for 2002 and her book D. H. Lawrence: The Married Man won the Whitbread Biography Prize. Her book Nora was made into a film starring Ewan McGregor. She lives in London and Wales.

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Despite her "magnificently ugly, deliciously hideous" (in the words of Henry James) looks, George Eliot's love life was quite prosperous-enough so to become the basis of Maddox's compelling new book. Though interested in many men, Eliot nonetheless dryly defends herself: "In spite of what some caustic people say, I fall not in love with everyone." Dreading a life spent alone, Eliot meets George Henry Lewes, a small man "whose charm outshone his ugliness" (there seems to be a theme) and who would later be credited as the man "who gave the world George Eliot." While Lewes was the "love of her life," he-already married and with multiple children-was not the best suitor. Through extensive research, Maddox crafts an intimate look at Eliot's life through her romantic relationships, transporting readers to Victorian England and all the trappings-its exquisite literature, scandalous affairs, and maladies aplenty-in an occasionally plodding look at Eliot's life. Photos. (Sept.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

Introduction	p. 1
Chapter 1 Father's Little Wench (1819-1832)	p. 3
Chapter 2 A Saint, Perhaps? (1832-1841)	p. 13
Chapter 3 Coventry Awakening (1841-1849)	p. 23
Chapter 4 Herself Alone (1849-1851)	p. 41
Chapter 5 Working Journalist (1851-1852)	p. 51
Chapter 6 Falling in Love Again-and Again (1852-1854)	p. 61
Chapter 7 An Ideal Husband (1854-1856)	p. 73
Chapter 8 House of Two Georges (1857-1859)	p. 87
Chapter 9 Finding Gold (1859-1863)	p. 107
Chapter 10 The Prioress (1863-1869)	p. 125
Chapter 11 Masterpiece (1869-1872)	p. 145
Chapter 12 Reaching the Heights (1872-1878)	p. 165
Chapter 13 Near-Death in Venice (1879-1880)	p. 189
Chapter 14 Keeper of the Flame (1880-1884)	p. 211
Bibliographical Note	p. 223
Notes	p. 225
Index	p. 229

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