George Eliot: The Last Victorian by Kathryn Hughes

George Eliot: The Last Victorian

Kathryn Hughes

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nonfiction biography history informative reflective slow-paced
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The daughter of a respectable self-made businessman, the middle-aged Eliot was cast into social exile when she began a scandalous liaison with married writer and scientist George Henry Lewes. Only her burgeoning literary success allowed her to ove...

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