George Eliot
Author
Language
English
Description
"How Lisa Loved the King" by George Eliot. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks...
Author
Language
English
Description
In this essay, originally published anonymously in The Westminster Review (1856), George Eliot examines the state of women's fiction in her time. She lamentingly argues that absurd and banal novels, written by well-to-do women of her time, do great disservice for the overall appreciation of women's intellectual capacities. Eliot divides 'silly novels by lady novelists' into several distinct categories: the mind-and-millinery species, the oracular...
Author
Language
English
Description
This 1884 volume republishes articles that first appeared in magazines prior to Eliot's fame as a novelist. Eliot herself selected and edited the articles prior to her death. Included as well are a number of "notes" written by Eliot for later expansion in her novels or simply to develop an idea for its own sake. Of these latter, "Judgments on Authors," "Story-telling," and "Value of Originality" are of exceptional interest.
Author
Language
English
Description
In this essay, originally published anonymously in The Westminster Review (1856), George Eliot examines the state of women's fiction in her time. She lamentingly argues that absurd and banal novels, written by well-to-do women of her time, do great disservice for the overall appreciation of women's intellectual capacities within society.
Eliot divides 'silly novels by lady novelists' into several distinct categories: the mind-and-millinery species,...
Author
Language
English
Description
"Evangelical Teaching" is an insightful 1855 essay written by George Eliot (Marian Evans) and published in The Westminster Review. Here, Eliot explores ethical problems inherent in certain strands and styles of Christian evangelical teaching-particularly as displayed in the writings of one Dr. Cumming. While Eliot's critique is focused on the work of this particular preacher, her insights are enduringly pertinent for those interested in the politics...
Author
Series
Works volume 6
Publisher
D. Estes
Pub. Date
[n.d.]
Edition
Illustrated sterling ed.
Physical Desc
442, 492 p.
Language
English
Author
Language
English
Description
The Harvard Fiction Classics represent a specific selection of the greatest novels, novellas and short stories of seven national literatures, namely: English, American, French, Spanish, German, Russian, and Scandinavian.
Table of Contents:
Vols. 1 & 2: The History of Tom Jones by Henry Fielding
Vol. 3:
A Sentimental Journey by Laurence Sterne
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Vol. 4: Guy Mannering by Sir Walter Scott
Vol. 5 & 6: Vanity Fair by William...
