"It's never too late to be who you might have been. " George Eliot
1819-80, English novelist
She's a major 19th-century Figure in Victorian Literature. She defied convention to live with her mentor, G.H.Lewes. Writing about rural life, Eliot was primarily concerned with people's moral choices and their responsibility for their own lives.
Her novels include:
Her work is comparable to that of Jane Austen and Thomas Hardy.
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Last Updated 05.13.04