艾略特

本书是“牛津名人系列丛书”的一本。形式为英文原文+部分词汇、短语及文化点的注释。该丛书引进自牛津大学出版社，融权威性、简明性、趣味性于一体，语言流畅、地道、准确，内容广博，可读性强，从莎士比亚到丘吉尔，从达尔文到维多利亚女王，囊括了英国历史上最重要、最具影响力的非凡人物。该丛书是广大英语爱好者的最佳读物，是史学、文学爱好者的最佳脚本，是中学生、大学生英语学习的最佳课外英语读物。《乔治·艾略特》的作者是英国当代知名人物传记作家Rosemary Ashton。作品叙述英国十九世纪著名女作家乔治·艾略特生平与创作，着重介绍其代表作《亚当·比德》、《弗洛斯河上的磨坊》等重要作品。

罗斯玛丽·阿什顿是伦敦大学学院英语语言文学“奎因教授”。她的著作包括乔治·艾略特的评论性传记（1996）、托马斯·卡莱尔和简·卡莱尔夫妇的评论性传记（2002）、以及对出版界激进主义的研究著作：《思全德街142号：维多利亚时期伦敦的激进主义之家》（2006）。

前言
作者简介
1、早年生活
2、在伦敦的新闻生涯
3、与G.H.刘易斯在一起
4、乔治·艾略特的崛起
5、晚年生活及作品
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索引

Marian Evans /pseud George Eliot/0819-x88o), novelist, was known under severalnames during her life: Mary Anne Evans (atbirth), Mary Ann Evans (from 1857), MarianEvans (from 1851, Marian Evans Lewes (from1854), and Mary Ann Cross (188o).She was born Mary Anne Evans on November181o at South Farm on the Arbury estate in theparish of Chilvers Coton, Warwickshire, the thirdchild of the second marriage of Robert Evans(1775-1849), manager of the large estates of theNewdigate family of Arbury Hall. Robert Evans'swork on the estate was wide-ranging. He not onlysurveyed land and buildings, managed relationswith the tenant farmers on the estate, collected rents, oversaw repairs, and arranged the buying and selling of land, but was also involved in negotiations with road builders and coalmining businesses in the area. His iournals and correspon-dence with Francis Newdigate show Evans to have been an inventive and inconsistent speller, but a man of integrity and determination, and one in whom his employer invested a great deal of trust and authority. The eponymous hero of George Eliot's first full-length novel, Adam Bede(1859),is based in some respects--particularly in regard to his pride in his work and his determination of character---on Robert Evans.