George Eliot : a biography / [by] Gordon S. Haight

Haight, Gordon Sherman

1968, First Edition. Oxford : Clarendon Press. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #430834

Physical description; xvi, 616 pages 14 plates, illustrations, portraits 23 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references. Contents; A little sister -- The holy war -- High attics -- The conditions essential to human happiness -- The need to be loved -- 'Some one to lean upon' -- A strong-minded woman -- The real drama of Evangelicalism: Scenes of clerical life -- Adam Bede -- The mill on the Floss and Silas Marner -- Romola -- Felix Holt and The Spanish gypsy -- Middlemarch -- Daniel Deronda -- Widow and wife. Subjects; Eliot, George 1819-1880. Eliot, George. Eliot, George 1819-1880 Biography. 1800-1899. Novelists, English 19th century ; Biography. Novelists, English.

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