"Drawing on old maps, contemporary drawings and paintings, portraits and other archive material, the excellent Famous Authors series not only presents a factual outline of the writers? lives, but also conveys a clear visua... more »l picture of the social and historical background to their writing. Recommended for all ages." ?THE GOOD BOOK GUIDEGeorge Eliot was a pen name for Mary Ann Evans. She was the daughter of a man of strong Evangelical Protestant feeling who in her early twenties severed herself from her father?s religion and became acquainted with a new theology in Germany. There she translated D.F. Strauss? Leben Jew (Life of Jesus, 1846). She lived with George Henry Lewes who could not obtain a divorce from his wife, and entered into an irregular union with him that was recognized among friends as a marriage. Her work, which is considered wholly Victorian in moral and social attitude includes Silas Marner, Romola, and Middlemarch. MAJOR WORKS:
Genres:Educational, Documentary Sub-Genres:Educational, Biography Studio:Kultur Video Format:DVD - Color DVD Release Date: 06/26/2007 Release Year: 2007 Run Time: 0hr 30min Screens: Color Number of Discs: 1 SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 1 MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated) Languages:English