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George Eliot's Life as related in her Letters and Journals

George Eliot's Life as related in her Letters and Journals

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George Eliot's Life as related in her Letters and Journals: Arranged and Edited by her Husband

by Cross, J. W. [Cross, John Walter]; [Evans, Mary Ann, a/k/a George Eliot]

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New York: Harper & Brothers, 1885. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine. A Fine set of the first American edition of this work by and of George Eliot published after her death based on her life, letters, and journals, with this work created by her surviving husband, J. W. Cross, and published in 1885 following her death on December 22, 1880. The set wears its original green binding with the front boards lettered in gilt and the spines lined and lettered in gilt. The work was compiled by John Walter Cross to whom "George Eliot" was married for only about one year prior to her death. "George Eliot" is the pseudonym of Mary Ann Evans, one of the most important authors of the Victorian Era, wrote Scenes of Clerical Life (her first book - a collection of three (3) stories, Adam Bede, The Mill on the Floss; Silas Marner; Romola; Felix Holt, The Radical; Middlemarch; and Daniel Deronda. This work covers Eliot's life from age 19 until shortly before her death and, among other things, includes her correspondence with the Publisher Blackwood & Sons, and with other important persons of her era including Charles Dickens, Lord Lytton, J. A. Froude, Stowe, Jane Carlyle, and numerous others

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Allington Antiquarian Books, LLC US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
3505
Title
George Eliot's Life as related in her Letters and Journals
Author
Cross, J. W. [Cross, John Walter]; [Evans, Mary Ann, a/k/a George Eliot]
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Fine
Quantity Available
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Edition
First Edition, First Printing
Publisher
Harper & Brothers
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
1885
Weight
0.00 lbs

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