In Love with George Eliot Lib/E

Who was the real George Eliot? In Love with George Eliot is a glorious debut novel which tells the compelling story of England's greatest woman novelist as you've never read it before. Marian Evans is a scandalous figure, living in sin with a married man, George Henry Lewes. She has shocked polite society, and women rarely deign to visit her. In secret, though, she has begun writing fiction under the pseudonym George Eliot. As Adam Bede's fame grows, curiosity rises as to the identity of its mysterious writer. Gradually it becomes apparent that the moral genius Eliot is none other than the disgraced woman living with Lewes. Now Evans' tremendous celebrity begins. The world falls in love with her. She is the wise and great writer, sent to guide people through the increasingly secular, rudderless century, and an icon to her progressive feminist peers--with whom she is often in disagreement. Public opinion shifts. Her scandalous cohabitation is forgiven. But this idyll is not secure and cannot last. When Lewes dies, Evans finds herself in danger of shocking the world all over again. Meanwhile, in another rudderless century, two women compete to arrive at an interpretation of Eliot as writer and as woman ... Everyone who has thrilled at being shown the world anew by George Eliot will thrill again at her presence, complex and compelling, here.

About the Author :
Kathy O'Shaughnessy has reviewed books for The Guardian, The Telegraph, The Times, Financial Times, Independent, The Observer, TLS, New Statesman, The Spectator, and others. She has worked as deputy editor on the Literary Review, arts and books editor of Vogue, literary editor of The European, and deputy editor of the Telegraph Arts & Books. Her stories have been published in Faber's First Fictions, and she edited and introduced Drago Stambuk's poems, Incompatible Animals. Shiromi Arserio is a stage actor, voice talent, and audiobook narrator from London. She holds a BA in theater from Rose Bruford College of Theatre and Performance. In addition to narrating dozens of audiobooks, her voice can be heard in documentaries, e-learning projects, and video games.

Review :
"An ardent homage." -- "The Guardian (London)" "Classy, beautifully written, and richly imagined--a novel that opens a door onto the past." -- "Nicci Gerrard, author of The Twilight Hour" "Henry James was but one of many beguiled by Marian Evans (aka George Eliot)...In lucid, unshowy prose, O'Shaughnessy brings them all to life." -- "Saga Magazine (UK)" "Sensitive, impeccably researched and deeply pleasurable...It absorbs the reader to such an extent that, even if they know the outline of the story, each page is a revelation." -- "The Economist (London)" "Shaughnessy does us the favor of reminding us what an underrated erotic writer Eliot is." -- " Sunday Telegraph (London)"