George Eliot was the literary pseudonym of British author Mary Anne Evans, born in 1819 in Warwickshire, and destined to be one of the most celebrated, and notorious, of British female writers. Many of her novels deal with happy memories of her Warwickshire childhood, including her first great novel, "The Mill on the Floss," and "Silas Marner." For their depiction of childhood experiences and illustrations of children learning about moral themes, George Eliot's works have been taught as classic literature since their initial publication. "Silas Marner" is regarded by many as one of Eliot's best books, second only to her masterpiece, "Middlemarch." The story of the miser and title character of "Silas Marner," and his redemption from greed and misery by the love of a small child, is one of the classics of English literature.

George Eliot was the pen name of Mary Ann Evans, a prominent Victorian novelist. The author of "Silas Marner" and "Middlemarch" among others, her works have become classics of English literature. She is noted for her realism and acute psychological insight.

"The Mill on the Floss" deals with the relationship Tom and Maggie Tulliver, a brother and sister growing up on the Floss river near St. Ogg. The book covers a fifteen-year period between the end of the Napoleonic Wars and the first Reform Bill, from their childhood till their deaths.

Maggie is the focus, an intelligent young woman who yearns for the love her father provided before his death, and desires experience of the wider world she cannot get in her remote location. Her desires clash with those of her more pragmatic brother as they experience various trials including the death of their father, bankruptcy, and the loss of the mill.

Mary Anne Evans (1819 - 1880), known by her pen name George Eliot, is the Victorian author of seven novels, most of them set in provincial England and known for their realism and psychological insight. Her plots are immaculate, every page advances the story, the characters are utterly believable and she continues to surprise the reader throughout the novels. This volume contains the later three novels: Felix Holt, the Radical, 1866; Middlemarch, 1871-72; Daniel Deronda, 1876.

Mary Anne Evans (1819 - 1880), known by her pen name George Eliot, is the Victorian author of seven novels, most of them set in provincial England and known for their realism and psychological insight. Her plots are immaculate, every page advances the story, the characters are utterly believable and she continues to surprise the reader throughout the novels. This volume contains the first four novels: Adam Bede, 1859; The Mill on the Floss, 1860; Silas Marner, 1861; Romola, 1863.

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