Silas Marner

Biographie de George Eliot

George Eliot was the pen name of Mary Ann (later Marian) Evans. She was born on November 22, 1819, in Warwickshire, England, Due to her father's important role on the estate of Arbury Hall. Her novels draw heavily on Greek Literature. Ann was allowed access to the library, which aided her education and learning. After the death of her father in 1849, she moved to London where she met George Henry Lewes and fell in love.
Lewes was married, but his wife had left him. With little chance of George being granted a legal divorce, Mary Ann and George Lewes agreed to live together as man and wife. At first, this made them social outcasts but, later, their friends and society accepted their situation. Lewes died in 1878 and in 1880 Mary Ann married an American banker, J. W. Cross. Soon after, on December 22, 1880 George Eliot died.
Her most famous works are Adam Bede, The Mill on the Floss, and Silas Marner