Mary Ann Evans, known by her pen name George Eliot, was one of the leading English novelists of the 19th century. She was born in Warwickshire, England and received an education not often afforded to women at the time due to her intelligence. Eliot began contributing articles to Westminster Review in 1850 and later became its editor. She met many important literary figures, including George Henry Lewes with whom she had a relationship despite his marriage. Eliot published Scenes of Clerical Life in 1857 and her first novel, Adam Bede, in 1859 which was a great success. Some of her other famous novels include The Mill on the Floss, Silas Marner, Middlemarch, and Daniel Deronda. She

1. Alba González
(pseudonym of Mary Ann Evans)

2. INDEX
• Biography
• Work

3. BIOGRAPHY
• She was one of the leading English
novelists of the 19th century.
• Mary Ann Evans was born in Nuneaton,
Warwickshire, England. Because of her
intelligence, her father invested in an
education not often afforded women. She
was educated in the evangelical rigor.
• When her mother died in 1836, Eliot left
school to help run her father's household.
In 1841, she moved with her father to
Coventry and lived with him until his
death in 1849. Eliot then travelled in
Europe, eventually settling in London.

4. • In 1850, Eliot began contributing to the
'Westminster Review', a leading journal for
philosophical radicals. Later became its
editor and met the main literary figures of
the time, such as George Henry Lewes,
philosopher, scientist and critic, whom he
fell in love with. They lived together even
though Lewes was married.
• While continuing to contribute pieces to the
Westminster Review, Evans resolved to
become a novelist.
• After Lewes death Eliot married a friend,
John Cross, who was 20 years her junior. She
died on 22 December 1880 and was buried in
Highgate Cemetery in north London.

5. WORK
• 1857-'Scenes of Clerical Life', stories about the people of her native
Warwickshire, which were published in 'Blackwood's Magazine‘.
NOVELS
• 1859-first novel, 'Adam Bede‘ it was a great success.
• 1860-'The Mill on the Floss'
• 1861-'Silas Marner'
• 1863-'Romola'
• 1866-'Felix Holt, the Radical'
• 1872-'Middlemarch'
• 1876-'Daniel Deronda'

6. POETRY
•1868-'The Spanish Gypsy'
•1869-'Agatha'
•1874-'The Legend of Jubal‘
She used a male pseudonym to ensure her works were taken
seriously in an era when female authors were usually associated
with romantic novels.

7. POETRY
•1868-'The Spanish Gypsy'
•1869-'Agatha'
•1874-'The Legend of Jubal‘
She used a male pseudonym to ensure her works were taken
seriously in an era when female authors were usually associated
with romantic novels.