George Eliot; a Critical Study of Her Life, Writings and Philosophy

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George Willis Cooke. George Eliot; a Critical Study of Her Life, Writings and Philosophy

George Eliot; a Critical Study of Her Life, Writings and Philosophy

Table of Contents

PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION

MARCH, 1884. PREFACE. I. EARLY LIFE. II. TRANSLATOR AND EDITOR. III. MARRIAGE. IV. CAREER AS AN AUTHOR. V. PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS. VI. LITERARY TRAITS AND TENDENCIES. VII. THEORY OF THE NOVEL. VIII. POETIC METHODS. IX. PHILOSOPHIC ATTITUDE. X. DISTINCTIVE TEACHINGS. XI. RELIGIOUS TENDENCIES. XII. ETHICAL SPIRIT. XIII. EARLIER NOVELS. XIV. ROMOLA. XV. FELIX HOLT AND MIDDLEMARCH. XVI. DANIEL DERONDA. XVII. THE SPANISH GYPSY AND OTHER POEMS. XVIII. LATER ESSAYS. XIX. THE ANALYTIC METHOD. XX. THE LIMITATIONS OF HER THOUGHT. XXI. BIBLIOGRAPHY. I

EARLY LIFE

II

TRANSLATOR AND EDITOR

III

MARRIAGE

IV

CAREER AS AN AUTHOR

V

PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS

VI

LITERARY TRAITS AND TENDENCIES

M.E. LEWES

VII

THEORY OF THE NOVEL

VIII

POETIC METHODS

IX

PHILOSOPHIC ATTITUDE

X

DISTINCTIVE TEACHINGS

XI

RELIGIOUS TENDENCIES

XII

ETHICAL SPIRIT

XIII

EARLIER NOVELS

MARIAN

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ROMOLA

XV

FELIX HOLT AND MIDDLEMARCH

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DANIEL DERONDA

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THE SPANISH GYPSY AND OTHER POEMS

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LATER ESSAYS

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THE ANALYTIC METHOD

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THE LIMITATIONS OF HER THOUGHT

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. WRITINGS

2. SELECTIONS, TRANSLATIONS AND PORTRAITS

3. BIOGRAPHICAL

4. GENERAL CRITICISMS

5. DISCUSSIONS OF HER TEACHINGS

6. SCENES OF CLERICAL LIFE

7. ADAM BEDE

8. THE MILL ON THE FLOSS

9. SILAS MARNER

10. ROMOLA

11. FELIX HOLT, THE RADICAL

12. THE SPANISH GYPSY

13. POEMS

14. MIDDLEMARCH

15. DANIEL DERONDA

16. IMPRESSIONS OF THEOPHRASTUS SUCH

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George Willis Cooke

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In 1841 her father gave up his business to his son and moved to Foleshill, one mile from Coventry. A pleasant house and surroundings made the new home, and her habits of thought and life became more exact and fastidious. The frequent absence of her father gave her much time for reading, which she eagerly improved. Books were more accessible, though her own library was a good one.

She zealously began and carried on a systematic course of studies, such as gave her the most thorough results of culture. She took up Latin and Greek with the head master of the Coventry grammar-school, and became familiar with the classic literatures. French, German and Italian were read in all the master-pieces of those languages. The Old Testament was also studied in the original; at the same time she became a proficient player on the piano, and obtained a thorough knowledge of music. During several years of quiet and continuous study she laid the foundations of that accurate and wide-reaching knowledge which was so notable a feature of her life and work. It was a careful, systematic knowledge she acquired, such as entitled her to rank as an educated person in the fullest sense. Her painstaking thoroughness, and her energetic application, were as remarkable at this time as in later years. Her knowledge was mainly self-acquired, but it was in no sense superficial. It is difficult to see in what way it could have been improved, even if the universities had been open to her.

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