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Eliot, George (pseudonym) (1819 - 1880)

Last edited by Alicia_Montoya on April 25, 2025, 12:21 p.m.
Short name Eliot, George (pseudonym)
VIAF http://viaf.org/viaf/89000553/
First name Mary Ann
Birth name Evans
Married name
Alternative name Evans, Mary Ann — Cross, Mary Ann (1880 - 1880)
Date of birth 1819
Date of death 1880
Flourishing -
Sex Female
Alternative gender Male
Place of birth Chilvers Coton
Place of death London
Lived in England
Place of residence notes
George Eliot, engraving derived from a chalk drawing (1865) by Sir Frederic William Burton.
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Aristocratic title -
Professional or ecclesiastical title Author, novelist, writer
Cross, John 1880-1880
Eliot, George (pseudonym) was ...
related to Jameson, Anna Brownell
related to Simcox, Edith Jemima
unwed partner of Lewes, George Henry
Profession(s) Contributor to periodical press , Editor of periodical press , Essayist , Fiction writer/novelist , Translator , Writer
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Place(s) of Residence England
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*Letter (reading experience) (1855) 0 0
Silly Novels by Lady Novelists (1856) 0 0
Silly Novels by Lady Novelists (1856) 0 0
Silly Novels by Lady Novelists (1856) 0 0
Silly Novels by Lady Novelists (1856) 0 0
The Sad Fortunes of the Rev. Amos Barton (1857) 4 0
Scenes of clerical life (1858) 12 1
The lifted veil (1859) 8 3
Adam Bede (as reception TO BE CHECKED] (1859) 0 0
Adam Bede (1859) 39 4
The Mill on the Floss (1860) 15 3
*Statement in a letter addressed to H.B.Stowe (1860) 0 0
Silas Marner (1861) 32 1
Romola (1863) 11 1
Brother Jacob (1864) 4 0
Felix Holt, The Radical (1866) 9 2
O May I Join the Choir Invisible (1867) 1 0
Middlemarch, a study of provincial life (1871) 12 2
The Legend of Jubal and other poems (1874) 3 0
Daniel Deronda (1876) 13 0
Impressions of Theophrastus Such (1879) 3 2
Essays (Eliot) (1883) 1 1
Janet's Repentance (1896) 2 0
*Stukken uit nalatenschap (Pieces of heritage) 0 0
*Art. in Westminster Review 0 0
*Novellen (Eliot) (Novels (Eliot)) 1 1
*Romantische werken/complete works 1 0
Mr. Gilfils Love Story 2 0
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Circulations of Eliot, George (pseudonym), the person (for circulations of her works, see under each individual Work)
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Receptions of Eliot, George (pseudonym), the person

For receptions of her works, see under each individual Work.

Title Author Date Type
Nachfolgerinnen der Currer Bell Unknown journalist (to be identified) 1860 comments on person
Qvinnoromanen i England Female novels in England Unknown journalist (to be identified) 1862 comments on person
*Mention of Eliot in art.: Letterkunde *Mention of Eliot in art.: Literature Busken Huet, Conrad 1863 -
George Eliot, engraving derived from a chalk drawing (1865) by Sir Frederic William Burton. 1865 is portrait of
Bruijn, *Art. in Vaderlandsche Letteroefeningen ~~journalist (name below) 1867 comments on person
*Mention in article in De Gids Pieter Nicolaas Muller 1869 -
*Mention in Art. in De Gids *Mention in Art. in De Gids Boissevain, Charles 1869 -
*Mention in Art in De Gids Wolff, Dirk Engelbert Willem 1870 -
*Mention in Art. in De Gids Simons, Adriaan 1870 -
*Announcement in Ons Streven Unknown journalist (to be identified) 1871 -
*Mention in Art. in Athenaeum Unknown journalist (to be identified) 1872 -
*Mention in Art. in De Gids Pieter Nicolaas Muller 1873 -
*Mention in Art. in De Gids *Mention in Art. in De Gids Boissevain, Charles 1873 -
De roman, voorheen en straks Wessels, W. 1874 comments on person
*Mention in article Iets over het lezen van romans *Mention in article Boissevain, Charles 1875 -
*Mention in Art. in De Gids Johan Hermann Christian Heyse 1875 -
*Mention in Art. in De Gids Unknown journalist (to be identified) 1875 -
*Art. in De Gids Pierson, Allard 1876 comments on person
*Mention in Art. in De Gids Pieter Nicolaas Muller 1877 -
*Berichten uit de vrouwenwereld in binnen- en buitenland *Messages from the world of women in the country and abroad Amstel, C. van 1877 comments on person
*Mention in article in De Gids Pieter Nicolaas Muller 1877 -
*Mention in Art. in De Gids Pierson, Allard 1878 -
*Art. on George Eliot Amstel, C. van 1878 comments on person
*Mention in Art. in de Gids Unknown journalist (to be identified) 1879 -
"George Eliotová" (George Eliot) [unknown author, female, various] 1879 comments on person
*Mention in art. Een schrijversleven Hasselaar, C. 1880 -
*Fragments copied from John Walter Cross, Life and Letters of George Eliot Muysken, Gertrude 1880 comments on person
George Eliot. Her life and works Simcox, Edith Jemima 1881 comments on person
*Art. in De Gids Pierson, Allard 1881 comments on person
George Eliot Unknown journalist (to be identified) 1881 is obituary of
George Eliot Busken Huet, Conrad 1881 is obituary of
*Mention in Art. in De Gids R. Macalester Loup 1881 -
*Lemma in Mannen en vrouwen van beteekenis in onze dagen UNKNOWN [author, various, name and sex unknown] 1881 comments on person
George Eliot. Naar eene studie in de `Nation' Johanna Gerhardina Wilhelmina Badon - Ghijben 1882 comments on person
George Eliot Blind, Mathilde 1883 is biography of
Platform Women Margaret Lonsdale 1884 -
*Mention in Art. in De Gids *Mention in Art. in De Gids Boissevain, Charles 1884 -
John Walter Cross, George Eliot's life as related in her letters and journals [author male, various] [CREATE SEPARATE RECORDS] 1885 is biography of
Drei englische Dichterinnen Three English female poets Helene Druskovitz 1885 is biography of
Hooijer, J.J., *Art. De vierschaar over George Eliot J.H. Hooijer 1885 comments on person
*Mention in Art. in De Gids J.H. Hooijer 1886 -
*Mention in Art. in De Gids H.L. Berckenhoff 1886 -
*Mention in Art. in De Gids Cornelis Bellaar Spruyt 1886 -
*Mention in Art. in De Gids Unknown journalist (to be identified) 1886 -
*The social advancement of women in this century Millicent Fawcett 1888 comments on person
Kvindesagen The Woman Question Unknown journalist (to be identified) 1888 comments on person
*Article (mentioning Eliot) in De Gids Opzoomer, Adèle Sophia Cornelia 1889 -
*Mention in Art. in De Gids Irving, Elisabeth Jane 1889 -
*Mention in Art. in De Gids J.H. Hooijer 1889 -
*Mention in Art. in De Gids J. van Loenen Martinet 1890 -
*Mention in Art. in De Gids Pierson, Allard 1890 -
*Mention in article in De Gids Hendrick Peter Godfried Quack 1890 -
*Mention in Article in De Gids Gerrit Kalff 1892 -
*Mention in Art. in De Gids *Mention in Art. in De Gids Boissevain, Charles 1892 -
George Eliot. En literär studie Helena Westermarck 1894 is biography of
George Eliot. En literär studie George Eliot. A literary study Helena Westermarck 1894 is biography of
George Eliot [by H. Tambs Lyche] ~~journalist (name below) 1894 comments on person
George Eliot (by K.R.) UNKNOWN [author, various, name and sex unknown] 1895 comments on person
*Art. in Journal des Dames Kalliroi Parren 1896 -
*Art. in Journal des Dames Kalliroi Parren 1896 -
*Mention in Art. in De Gids Ch.M. van Deventer 1896 -
Hilda van Suylenburg Jong van Beek en Donk, Cecile de 1897 -
George Eliot [by James Parton] ~~journalist (name below) 1898 comments on person
Mnogoženstvo in enoženstvo Polygamy and Monogamy Garrigue Masaryk, Tomáš 1899 -
*Mention in: Ensaios de psicologia feminina Maria Cláudia de Campos, 1901 -
*Letters Woolf, Virginia 1904 comments on person
Huize ter Aar Jeanne Reyneke van Stuwe 1905 -
*Diary mention, 13 January Woolf, Virginia 1905 comments on person
George Eliot, by Just Bing [author male, various] [CREATE SEPARATE RECORDS] 1906 comments on person
Eliza Orzeszkowa Eliza Orzeszkowa Štingl, Franc 1906 -
George Eliot Helene Richter 1907 comments on person
Women Novelists Woolf, Virginia 1918 -
*Mention in Het aandeel der vrouw [...] Maurits Basse 1920 -
"The Intellectual Status of Women" Woolf, Virginia 1920 -
*Mention in Het aandeel der vrouw [...] Maurits Basse 1921 -
George Eliot e Herbert Spencer Fortunata Morpurgo 1921 comments on person
George Eliot Jeanne Reyneke van Stuwe 1925 comments on person
Džordž Eliot (George Eliot) Sekulić, Isidora 1926 comments on person
Two Women Woolf, Virginia 1927 -
Studije i eseji o feminizmu II. Feminizam u modernoj knjizevnosti [Studies and Essays on Feminism II. Feminism in Modern Literature] Hlapec Djordjević, Julka 1937 -
"The possessive instinct" hos tre engelske forfattere Munch, Anna 1937 comments on person
Her Losses make our Gains ashamed (Poem 1562) Dickinson, Emily Elizabeth None is dedicated to

- Elinor Shaffer and Catherine Brown (eds), The Reception of George Eliot in Europe, Bloomsbury, 2016.
- Marie Nedregotten Sørbø, 'George Eliot in Norway: The Enthusiasm that Petered Out', in Shaffer and Brown, 2016.

MENTIONED IN:
- Lettres européennes (Dutch version 1994) II, 788, 796, 833-4.
- van den Berg/Couttenier 2009, 498, 686
- De Vries, Een stad vol lezers 2011
- Vaessens, Geschiedenis van de moderne Nederlandse literatuur, 2013, p. 179, 189

Cf.
- Ashton, R. George Eliot. New York, 1983
- Hands, Th., A George Eliot Chronology. London, 1989

Was living together with the critic and author George Lewes (1854-1878). After his death she married one of his best friends: John W. Cross (1880)

Chose not to have children with Lewes because of stigma of illegitimacy they would have to endure. (FScottMay12)

KLK 1904
KLK 1915

MENTIONED IN: - Offen, European feminisms, 2000, p.120ss: new initiatives