Every day brings a new story. And each day contributes to story telling -- in prose and in poetry, in art and in music, on the stage, on the screen, and, of course, in books.
Today is the story of Nov. 22nd
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It is the 326th day of the year, leaving 39 days remaining in 2022.
She told her stories with deep character portrayals, startling realism, and an abundance of psychological insight. Her depictions of simple country life were often based on her lived experiences. But she also drew on her knowledge of religion, artistry, and intellectual studies in her novels.
While she had little formal education, she was able to read at least five languages. So she began her literary life as a translator, and the ideas in the works she studied were later used in her fiction.
She wrote novels under a pseudonym so her work could be judged without any preconceptions because of her gender or her previous writings, which included scholarly work, and several short stories and poems in addition to her translations.
He first novel, Adam Bede, published in 1859, was set in the country, and involved a love story and a murder mystery. It remains part of the canon of 19th Century literature.
Eliot's later novels, Silas Marmer, Romola, and Middlemarch, present a range of genres. The first is the tale of a weaver, but explores religion and industrialization in its themes. Romola is a historical novel set in 15th Century Italy.
And Middlemarch, which one contemporary called "a novel for adults," is set in the rural English midlands, and deals with marriage and the status of women, religion, politics, and education. It contain humor amongst its realism. It is considered Eliot's best work, and among the great English novels.
Eliot died in 1880 in London.
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