George Eliot was the pen name of Mary Ann Evans, one of the leading English novelists of the 19th century. Eler novels, most famously 'Middlemarch', are celebrated for their realism and psychological insights. George Eliot was born on 22 November 1819 in rııral Wamickshire. When her mother died in 1836, Eliot left school to help run herfather's household. In 1841, she moved vith herfather to Coventry and lived vith him ııntil his death in 1849 Eliot then travelled in Europe, eventııally settling ...