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Eliot, George ___ 1819-1880 ___ British ___ writer
BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY
Mary Ann Evans was born at Arbury, Warwickshire, the daughter of a land agent to the Earl of Lonsdale.
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As a child she was an avid reader. Her mother died when she was still a teenager, and when her father retired in 1841, she went with him to live in Coventry, and kept house. There, she joined a group of intellectuals, including Charles Bray, who were studying the Bible, and became more sceptical about Anglicanism.
Her first literary work, 'Life of Jesus', a translation from German, was published in 1846.
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After her father's death in 1849, she travelled on the Continent with the Brays, and moved to London, where she worked as a subeditor for the 'Westminster Review'. In 1854, she started a relationship with George Henry Lewes, who was still married but separated from his wife.
They lived together which caused a social scandal, and travelled abroad on various occasions. Lewes encouraged her to write, and, in