Writing was considered a male profession, and she took the name of George Eliot
❖ Writing was considered a male profession, and she took the name of George Eliot
falling in love with her editor, Henry Lewes,a free-thinker whose wife led an independent life shad children by other men considered mentally unbalanced
❖ falling in love with her editor, Henry Lewes, a free-thinker whose wife led an independent life had children by other men considered mentally unbalanced
A divorce was impossible,so he Silar Marner and Marian entered upon a George Eliot common-law relationship,which caused her to be rejected by friends and family
❖ A divorce was impossible, so he and Marian entered upon a common-law relationship, which caused her to be rejected by friends and family
÷Return to England Lewes and his wife:a permanent separation Eliot then joined him in London They set up house together ↑George Eliot's House
❖ Return to England ❖ Lewes and his wife: a permanent separation ❖ Eliot then joined him in London ❖ They set up house together ↑ George Eliot's House
WOW presents Lewes died in 1878 George Eliot: Writing from the Heart in 1880 she married a close friend of both Lewes and herself.John Cross Cross later edited George Eliot's Life as Related in Her Letters and Journals
❖ Lewes died in 1878 ❖ in 1880 she married a close friend of both Lewes and herself, John Cross ❖ Cross later edited George Eliot’s Life as Related in Her Letters and Journals