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George Eliot's Life, as Related in Her Letters and Journals. Vol. 1 (of 3)

George Eliot

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  • Book language: English
  • 298 pages

This first volume of George Eliot's Life is a documentary biography assembled by her husband, J. W. Cross, from her letters and journals. It lets her own words carry the story of her life and intellectual world, offering a portrait of the novelist and Victorian literary circles. Listen for an intimate, reflective account of a thoughtful mind.

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GEORGE ELIOT'S LIFE
VOL. I.—UNKNOWN
"OǼǡ fiƿŧǪǵ ƒLjǙŧ ƗǪ fiƿŧǪǵ ƽŧƽLjǡΏ"
Portrait of George Eliot. Etched by M. Rajon
Portrait of George Eliot.
Etched by M. Rajon.
GEORGE ELIOT'S LIFE
as related in her Letters and Journals
ARRANGED AND EDITED BY HER HUSBAND
J. W. CROSS
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS
IN THREE VOLUMES.—VLjƯǼƽŧ I
NEW YORK
HARPER & BROTHERS, FRANKLIN SQUARE

GEORGE ELIOT'S WORKS.

LIBRARY EDITION.

ADAM BEDE. Illustrated. 12mo, Cloth, $1.25.

DANIEL DERONDA. 2 vols., 12mo, Cloth, $2.50.

ESSAYS and LEAVES FROM A NOTE-BOOK. 12mo, Cloth, $1.25.

FELIX HOLT, THE RADICAL. Illustrated. 12mo, Cloth, $1.25.

MIDDLEMARCH. 2 vols., 12mo, Cloth, $2.50.

ROMOLA. Illustrated. 12mo, Cloth, $1.25.

SCENES OF CLERICAL LIFE, and SILAS MARNER. Illustrated. 12mo,

Cloth, $1.25.

THE IMPRESSIONS OF THEOPHRASTUS SUCH. 12mo, Cloth, $1.25.

THE MILL ON THE FLOSS. Illustrated. 12mo, Cloth, $1.25.

PǼœƯƗǪƒŧŠ œΏ HARPER & BROTHERS, Nŧ΅ YLjǡƫ.

☞HĵǡǙŧǡ & BǡLjǵƒŧǡǪ will send any of the above volumes by mail, postage prepaid, to any part of the United States or Canada, on receipt of the price. For other editions of George Eliot's works published by Harper &

Brothers see advertisement at end of third volume.

PREFACE.

With the materials in my hands I have endeavored to form an autobiography (if the term may be permitted) of George Eliot. The life has been allowed to write itself in extracts from her letters and journals. Free from the obtrusion of any mind but her own, this method serves, I think, better than any other open to me, to show the

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Contents

  1. GEORGE ELIOT'S LIFE as related in her Letters and Journals
  2. PREFACE.
  3. INTRODUCTORY SKETCH OF CHILDHOOD.
  4. CHAPTER I.
  5. CHAPTER II.
  6. CHAPTER III.
  7. CHAPTER IV.
  8. CHAPTER V.
  9. CHAPTER VI.
  10. CHAPTER VII.
  11. APPENDIX.
  12. THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE

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