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Under the pseudonym George Eliot, Mary Ann Evans wrote the novel Daniel Deronda, which was first released in eight parts (books) from February to September 1876. It was the only book she ever finished that was set in her era's Victorian society. One of the most known Victorian novelists' contentious final work is a controversial combination of social satire, moral reflection, and sympathetic representation of Jewish proto-Zionist views. The novel has been adapted three times for the screen: twice for motion pictures and once for television. Additionally, it has been adapted for the stage, most famously by the 69 Theatre Company in Manchester in the 1960s, which starred Vanessa Redgrave as the lead character Gwendolen Harleth. Although the "tale of Gwendolen'' has been called "one of the classics of English fiction," the portion of the narrative involving Daniel Deronda has been called "flat and unconvincing." Nevertheless, Zionism has been greatly influenced by Daniel's tale. In 1948, F. R. Leavis argued that the Jewish sections of The Great Tradition were its weakest and that a truncated version called Gwendolen Harleth should be printed on its own. Some Zionist commentators have advocated the opposite truncation, keeping the Jewish section, but with Gwendole's story omitted.

Louie Marner George Eliot's third book is titled The Weaver of Raveloe. In 1861, it was published. The work, which appears to be a straightforward account of a linen weaver, is remarkable for its powerful realism and its complex handling of a range of subjects, including religion, industrialization, and community. The story takes place in the first decade of the nineteenth century. A weaver named Silas Marner belongs to a little Calvinist congregation in the Northern English slum district called Lantern Yard. While caring for the critically ill deacon, he is wrongly charged with embezzling money from the congregation. A pocket knife and the finding of the bag that once held the money in Silas' home both point to his involvement. Since Silas had handed William Dane his pocket knife just before the crime was committed, there is a strong suspicion that William has set Silas up. Silas and the others draw lots in the hope that God will guide the proceedings, but the results show that Silas is guilty. The intended spouse of Silas breaks off their union and chooses to wed William instead. Silas flees Lantern Yard and the city for an uncharted rural location since his life has been destroyed, and his heart has been broken.

Adam Bede is George Eliot's ( Mary Ann Evans), first novel published in 1859. The story is laid in a village Hayslope. There are youthful and lively characters, in a quest of true love. Adam Bede is a young carpenter lives in this village. He is an honest and hardworking man so, that his master Jonathan Burger choose him for his daughter. But Adam loves a charming and pretty girl Hetty Sorel. Hetty is unaware of Adam's love, she is interested in Captain Arthur Donnithrown. Adam's brother loves Hetty's cousin Dinah Morris, she is a Methodist preacher. For his love Adam confronts with Arthur and as a agreement he leaves Hetty. Adam and Hetty's marriage is settled but before the marriage she came to know about her pregnancy. In fear of social consequences, she leaves the village, wanders in search of Arthur. She delivers the baby but unfortunately she dies. Hetty is found guilty and imprisoned. Eventually, Adam and Dinah realize their love bonds, they pass out their life in peace and happiness.

À Middlemarch, cité imaginaire de la province anglaise, vers 1830, la jeune et intelligente Dorothea aspire à de grandes réalisations. Elle épouse le pasteur Casaubon, beaucoup plus âgé qu'elle et espère aider son mari dans les travaux de recherche pour un livre qui devrait être son chef d'oeuvre. Mais Casaubon ne la prend pas sérieux, la néglige. De plus, il prend ombrage de l'amitié qui rapproche Will Ladislaw, son cousin, et Dorothea. Ce mariage se révèle être une erreur...Le docteur Lydgate vient d'arriver à Middlemarch. Il est jeune, idéaliste, brillant mais... pauvre. Avec ses méthodes modernes, il bouscule les autres médecins de Middlemarch, s'attirant leur jalousie et par là, complique son intégration dans la petite cité. Il épouse Rosamond Vincy, la fille du maire, mais ne peut lui offrir le train de vie auquel est habituée Rosamond...Peinture de cette société victorienne confrontée à la naissance de la révolution industrielle, Middlemarch est le plus célèbre des romans de George Eliot, de son vrai nom Mary Anne Evans.

One of the most famous novelists in the English literary canon, the likes of Middlemarch and Silas Marner are household names, but Eliot's essays are often overlooked. This collection brings together some of her most important essays and seeks to celebrate her non-fiction writing.

Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe is the third novel by George Eliot. It was published in 1861. An outwardly simple tale of a linen weaver, the novel is notable for its strong realism and its sophisticated treatment of a variety of issues ranging from religion to industrialisation to community. Silas Marner is a story of loss, alienation, and redemption that combines elements of fairy tale and myth with realism and humor. Set in the fictional village of Raveloe, it centers on Silas Marner, a weaver who is forced to leave his hometown in the north after being falsely accused of theft by members of his chapel. His religious faith gone, for fifteen years Marner isolates himself from the life of the village and becomes a miser. But when the gold that he cherishes is stolen, and he adopts a child whose mother has just died, his life changes dramatically for the better.

In this essay, originally published anonymously in The Westminster Review (1856), George Eliot examines the state of women's fiction in her time. She lamentingly argues that absurd and banal novels, written by well-to-do women of her time, do great disservice for the overall appreciation of women's intellectual capacities within society.Eliot divides "silly novels by lady novelists" into several distinct categories: the mind-and-millinery species, the oracular type and the white-neck-cloth variety. She writes with characteristic sharp wit and insightful intellect in this scathing (but not unfeeling) feminist critique of "Silly Novels by Lady Novelists".

Spanning a period of 10 to 15 years, the story follows Maggie's relationship with her older brother Tom, and her romance with Philip Wakem (a sensitive and intellectual friend) and with Stephen Guest (a vivacious young socialite).