George Eliot in Society: Travels Abroad and Sundays at the Priory

by Kathleen McCormack

Book Overview

Sundays at the Priory, the salons that George Eliot and George Henry Lewes conducted throughout the winter seasons during their later years in the 1870s, have generally earned descriptions as at once scandalous and dull, with few women in attendance, and guests approaching the Sibyl one by one to express their almost pious devotion. But both the guest lists of the salons--which include significant numbers of women, a substantial gay and lesbian contingent,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814212115
• ISBN13: 9780814212110
• Release Date: February 2013
• Publisher: Ohio State University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.2"