George Eliot

K. K. COLLINS teaches English at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, USA. He is the author, most recently, of Identifying the Remains: George Eliot's Death in the London Religious Press (ELS Editions, 2006).

• Acknowledgements Abbreviations Chronology Introduction Mary Anne Evans, 1819-49 An Anonymous London Journalist, 1850-3 Mrs Lewes Abroad and at Home, 1854-8 George Eliot, 1859-78 Mrs Lewes Alone, 1878-80 Mrs Cross, 1880 Postscripts, 1880-1 Index

'This is a fascinating collection, marvellously wide-ranging and knowledgeable in scope; succinct and clear in editorial matter; informative and revealing at every step of the way. It rivals the labours of biographers and encyclopaedists in the sheer amount of light thrown on George Eliot's life and character.' - Dr. Paul Schlicke, Honorary Senior Lecturer, University of Aberdeen, UK 'By revealing as much about the visitors who flocked around Eliot as about the novelist herself, Collins conveys much of the multifaceted vibrancy of that world.' - Juliette Atkinson, TLS