Her real name is Marian (Marie Ann) Evans. Marie wrote the two-volume Scenes From Clerical Life. She did not put her own name on the work, but signed "George Eliot". The book was well received as soon as it was released.
The well-known writer of the period, Charles Dickens, also published an article praising the work. Everyone was wondering who George Eliot was.
She is a well-known British female writer. Her real name is Marian (Marie Ann) Evans. She had a normal education until the age of 17. After the death of her mother and the marriage of her sister, she had to leave her education unfinished, as all the work of the house fell on her. The young girl was also a little happy about this, because the school had a very dark religious atmosphere, and the students were not allowed to read the books they wanted. When Marie Evans stayed at home, she had the opportunity to read the books she wanted and improve her Italian.
Mary Ann Evans (22 November 1819 – 22 December 1880; alternatively Mary Anne or Marian), known by her pen name George Eliot, was an English novelist, poet, journalist, translator, and one of the leading writers of the Victorian era. She wrote seven novels: Adam Bede (1859), The Mill on the Floss (1860), Silas Marner (1861), Romola (1862–63), Felix Holt, the Radical (1866), Middlemarch (1871–72) and Daniel Deronda (1876). Like Charles Dickens and Thomas Hardy, she emerged from provincial England; most of her works are set there. Her works are known for their realism, psychological insight, sense of place and detailed depiction of the countryside.
In 1844, she began to translate D Strauss's "Leben Jesu" into English. When her father died in 1849, she went on a long trip to change the weather. In 1851 she took over the post of assistant editor-in-chief of the magazine called "West Minster Review". She had now settled in London, and she had found many friends among the intellectuals of the time. By the way, they got on very well with the famous philosopher Herbert Spencer. It was even said that they were going to get married at one point. But Spencer preferred eternal celibacy. Their friendship is broken.
After a while, Marie became friends with a writer named George Lewes. This friendship soon turned into a strong love. But there was no way they could get married. Lewes' long-estranged wife did not consent to a divorce. Marie Evans started living with George Lewes, risking everything. This incident caused a great stir in conservative circles in London.
Georges Lewes sensed Marie Evans' talent for creativity and encouraged her to follow this path. Marie wrote the two-volume Scenes From Clerical Life. She did not put her own name on the work, but signed "George Eliot". The book was well received as soon as it was released. The well-known writer of the period, Charles Dickens, also published an article praising the work. Everyone was wondering who George Eliot was. But when "Adam Bede" was published in 1859, George Eliot's fame spread throughout England. Now Marie Evans could declare without fear that she was the author of these works. "Silas Marner", published in 1861, strengthened the author's place in English literature.
Eliot was able to deftly outline the social history of England, which earned her a well-deserved reputation. Apart from the above-mentioned works of the author, her works such as "The Mill On the Floss", "Middlemarch", and "The Spanish Gypsy" are also considered among the most powerful novels of English literature.