Project Gutenberg 2009-03-09 Public domain in the USA. 1180 Eliot, George 1819 1880 Evans, Mary Anne Cross, Marian Evans Evans, Marian Cross, Mary Ann Lewes, M. E. (Marian Evans) Lewes, Marian Evans Sheppard, Nathan 1834 1888 The Essays of "George Eliot" Complete "George Eliot's" Analysis of Motives / N. Sheppard -- Carlyle's life of Sterling -- Woman in France: Madame de Sablé -- Evangelical teaching: Dr. Cumming -- German wit: Henry Heine -- Natural history of German life -- Silly novels by lady novelists -- Worldliness & other-worldliness -- The influence of rationalism -- The grammar of ornament -- Felix Holt's address to workingmen. Transcribed from the 1883 Funk & Wagnalls edition by David Price "The Essays of 'George Eliot'" by George Eliot is a collection of literary essays written in the late 19th century. The essays cover a wide range of topics, reflecting on human emotions, societal dynamics, and the nature of literature, presenting George Eliot's insightful analysis of motives and character. As the work encompasses her contributions to periodical literature, it provides a detailed examination of her thoughts and ideas that contribute to her legacy as a prominent female novelist of her time. At the start of the collection, the preface sets the stage for the essays, explaining the curiosity surrounding George Eliot's earlier writings. It highlights her unique talent for analyzing human motives, positioning her as a distinctive voice in fiction, separate from her contemporaries who focus primarily on storytelling. The opening chapters delve into the intricacies of women’s roles in society and literature, with the discussion focusing on Eliot's perspective on characters like Dorothea Brooke from her famous novel "Middlemarch." A key theme emerges in the exploration of the disparity between external appearances and internal realities, as well as the constraints placed on women's lives, fostering a rich conversation about identity, societal expectations, and emotional depth that runs throughout Eliot's work. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/28289/28289-h/images/covers.jpg Reading ease score: 47.2 (College-level). Difficult to read. en Literature -- History and criticism PR Text Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches Category: British Literature 703854 2025-07-11T13:38:43.686070 text/html 726232 2019-11-09T18:57:46 text/html 464946 2025-07-11T13:38:50.691001 application/epub+zip 471945 2025-07-11T13:38:44.819064 application/epub+zip 321673 2025-07-11T13:38:44.243087 application/epub+zip 654800 2025-07-11T13:38:55.292012 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 599591 2025-07-11T13:38:49.973016 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 449756 2022-09-13T08:08:24.795572 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 661276 2025-07-11T13:38:42.999085 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 661088 2020-06-20T20:35:49 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 653902 2009-03-09T05:37:54 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 22084 2025-07-11T13:38:55.445001 application/rdf+xml 20730 2025-07-11T13:38:44.325054 image/jpeg 3256 2025-07-11T13:38:44.285039 image/jpeg 256054 2020-06-20T20:35:49 application/octet-stream application/zip 445341 2019-11-11T13:33:52 application/octet-stream application/zip 254227 2009-03-09T05:37:54 application/octet-stream application/zip 446883 2025-07-11T13:38:43.745053 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia