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George Eliot, Voice of a Century: A Biography
by Frederick R. Karl
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- ISBN 10
- 0393315215
- ISBN 13
- 9780393315219
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Paperback / softback. New. Frederick R. Karl's magisterial biography of George Eliot proves her to be one of the most fascinating and iconic individuals of her time. Born in 1819 as Mary Anne Evans, she grew up near rural Coventry when the pastoral life was being destroyed by the rapid rise of industrialism. Her father, Robert Evans, took care of an estate, where the family lived. Eliot, his youngest child, absorbed the world around her, its beauty and its delicate sense of stability, which was about to be thoroughly disrupted. Eliot thrived on learning while she stayed home, taking care of her aging father. Upon his death, she began her long process of emergence and change. Her unusual intelligence and literary capacity brought her to the attention of John Chapman, who enlisted her to work on the intellectual Westminster Review in London. While there she met some of the leading thinkers of her era, including Herbert Spencer. Karl focuses on her relationships with these men in a way earlier biographers have been unable, using many letters and documents previously unavailable.
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- Title
- George Eliot, Voice of a Century: A Biography
- Author
- Frederick R. Karl
- Format/Binding
- Paperback / softback
- Book Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 10
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0393315215
- ISBN 13
- 9780393315219
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Place of Publication
- Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.s.a.
- This edition first published
- May 1, 1990
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