George Eliot

by Ian Adam

Book Overview

First published in 1969. George Eliot is a writer of ordinary human experience, whose work emphasizes commonplace characters and commonplace situations. Her mind, however, was far from ordinary. Professor Adam shows how wit, observation and sympathy, combined with a lucid and energetic intelligence, enabled her to invest the commonplace with complexity and importance. Extracts from George Eliot's major novels illustrate her treatment of character,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138182001
• ISBN13: 9781138182004
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 116 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.6"