Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
(1819 1880)
She was an English novelist, journalist, translator and one of the
leading writers of the Victorian era. She used a male pen name,
she said, to ensure her works would be taken seriously. Female
authors were published under their own names during Eliot's life,
but she wanted to escape the stereotype of women only writing
lighthearted romances. She also wished to have her fiction judged
separately from her already extensive and widely known work as
an editor and critic. An additional factor in her use of a pen name
may have been a desire to shield her private life from public
scrutiny and to prevent scandals attending her relationship with
the married George Henry Lewes, with whom she lived for over 20
years.
Birthplace: Warwickshire (1819)
Parents: Robert and Christina Evans
Siblings: Christina, born in 1814; Isaac, born in 1816 and twin
brothers who survived only a few days into March 1821. Half
brother and half sister: Robert (1802) and Fanny (1805)
Education
Marry Anne was considered rather intelligent.
Ages 5-9: Miss Lathams school, Attleborough
Ages 9-13: Mrs. Wallingtons school, Nuneaton
Ages 13-16: Miss Franklins school, Coventry
After the age of 16 she started self-educating by being allowed
access to the library of Arbury Hall.
Moved To Coventry
Evans was 16 when her mother died, leaving her to take care of
her father and be a housekeeper. When she was 21 her brother
Isaac married taking over the family home. Evans moves to
Coventry with her father. There she meets Charles Bray who was
a wealthy man and became intimate friends with him. Also starts
questioning her religious faith. She travels to Switzerland with
Bray.