The Life of George Eliot: A Critical Biography (Hardcover)

List of Illustrations ix

Acknowledgments xi

List of Abbreviations xiii

1 The History of a Writer: George Eliot and Biographies 1

2 Early Years: 1819–50 22

3 London and Lewes: 1850–4 64

4 Marian Lewes and George Eliot: 1855–60 95

5 Silas Marner and Romola: 1860–4 120

6 Felix Holt and The Spanish Gypsy: 1865–9 153

7 Middlemarch: 1870–2 181

8 Daniel Deronda: 1873–6 207

9 Impressions of Theophrastus Such: 1877–9 235

10 The Final Years: 1879 to Cross’s Life 255

Bibliography 271

Index 287