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Born #OnThisDay in 1819: English writer #MaryAnnEvans aka #GeorgeEliot (1819-80)
Portrait by #CarolineBray (1814-1905), 1842
#EnglishLiterature #Womenwriters #Victorian
'The greatest benefit we owe to the #artist, whether painter, #poet, or novelist, is the extension of our sympathies....
#Art is the nearest thing to life; it is a mode of amplifying experience... beyond the bounds of our personal lot.'
#GeorgeEliot
#GeorgeEliot was born #OTD 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
#autumn #autumnvibes #beautiful
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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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Coming Next Week: #Turgenev #JJThomson #GeorgeEliot
The remarkable #GeorgeEliot (real name Mary Ann Evans) was born #onthisday 1819. 40 years later - by which time she had just started to become a regular @TheLondonLib - her first novel, #AdamBede appeared. Here's our 1859 copy: