Here, as in all George Eliot’s books, there is a middle life and a low life; and here, as usual, I prefer the lowlife. In “Silas Marner,” in my opinion, she has come nearest the mildly rich ...

author of the new novel, In Love With George Eliot. “It fascinates me that her pseudonym has stuck and I think it’s down to the fact that she perpetuated it. Even though she was celebrated in ...

She is one of English literature's best-known novelists but, despite her fame, several of George Eliot's former homes have fallen off the tourist trail. Fans of the author, who spent much of her ...

One of the best books of the 20th century ... The Mill on the Floss' by George Eliot (1860) I could just as easily have chosen Silas Marner, but had to whittle it down. I've heard people say ...

The collection includes George Eliot's Middlemarch, which has been reissued under the author's real name, Mary Ann Evans, for the first time. The 25 titles have been released to mark the 25th ...