'The greatest benefit we owe to the whether painter, or novelist, is the extension of our sympathies....

is the nearest thing to life; it is a mode of amplifying experience... beyond the bounds of our personal lot.'

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was born 200 years ago. Explore her connection to the Gothic in George Eliot and the Gothic Novel: Genres, Gender and Feeling. https://t.co/6IKnR6vvgU

We'd love to read your ideas for new books in our Gothic series:
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"Is not this a true autumn day? Just the still melancholy that I love—that makes life and nature harmonize,” - George Eliot


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Now On Hackney Books: The Dunwich Horror by H.P. Lovecraft
The Old Ones Were, Are And Shall Be
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All Free All The Time

Coming Next Week:

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The remarkable (real name Mary Ann Evans) was born 1819. 40 years later - by which time she had just started to become a regular - her first novel, appeared. Here's our 1859 copy:

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