Bøker av George Eliot

Mary Anne Evans (1819-1880) used the pen name George Eliot to be taken seriously, and she was. One of the leading writers of the Victorian, Eliot is best known for The Mill on the Floss, Silas Marner, and Middlemarch, written with realism and psychological insight.

CONTENTSThe Spanish GypsyThe Legend of JubalAgathaArmgartHow Lisa Loved the KingA Minor ProphetBrother and SisterStradivariusA College Breakfast-PartyTwo LoversSelf and Life"Sweet Evenings Come and Go, Love"The Death of MosesArion"O May I Join the Choir Invisible"

Part of Alma Classics Evergreen series of popular classics, Middlemarch is a literary landmark in its groundbreaking approach, as well as a priceless document of its age. This edition is thoroughly edited and extensively annotated and includes pictures and a comprehensive section on Eliot's life and works.

Falsely accused, cut off from his past, Silas the weaver is reduced to a spider-like existence, endlessly weaving his web and hoarding his gold. Meanwhile, Godfrey Cass, son of the squire, contracts a secret marriage.

Silas Marner tells the story of Silas, wrongly accused of theft he leaves his home town to start a new life. He lives a solitary existence. Then one night an unknown visitor arrives and changes his life for ever. TreeTops Classics are adapted and abridged versions of classic stories to enrich and extend children's reading experiences.

George Eliot's great novel in a new and superlative three-part adaptation for the stage.

Daniel Deronda, George Eliot's last great novel, charts the intertwined lives of spirited Gwendolen Harleth and the idealistic Deronda. Both are damaged by their pasts, and alienated from the society around them, in a story set against the backdrop of economic crisis, political uncertainty, and proto-Zionism.