![]() Tt was followed by Silas Marner (1861), Romola (1863), Felix Halt (1866) and Middlemarch (1871-72). The Mill on the Floss is a remarkable portrayal of childhood with gradually developing characters. and by the time of the publication of the Mill on the Floss in 1860, her authorship had been tentatively guessed by many. But the public soon became suspicious about the author behind George Eliot. An instant success, it built her reputation. Her short narratives were followed by a long novel, Adam Bede, which was published in 1859. Some of her earliest prose writings were published in Bray’s newspaper, the Coventry Herald and Observer. ![]() Mary adopted the male pseudonym, George Eliot, to ensure that her works were taken seriously.Įliot’s first major literary work was an English translation of the Life of Jesus (1846) by Strauss. Mary Ann Evans was born in November 1819, in Warwickshire, England, to a local mill-owner, Robert Evans and his wife Christiana Evans. ![]()
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