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1、George Eliot （1819-1880）-Mary Ann Evans 玛丽安玛丽安.伊万斯伊万斯 Katherine 谭苗苗lLife experienceslMain works & CommentslCharacteristic of her literary workslWords of EliotlConclusionContentsBrief IntroductionGeorge Eliot was born on 22 November 1819, south farm, Arbury Hall, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England.She w

2、as the third child of Robert Evans (who used to be a carpenter, then became a estate merchant ) and Christiana ( the daughter of a local farmer) , George Eliot was her pen name, her real name is Mary Ann Evans.In 1836, her mother died and Evans returned home to act as housekeeper when she was 16.Whe

3、n she was 21, her brother Isaac married and took over the family home ,so she and her father moved to Foleshill near Coventry.Brief IntroductionIn Coventry, she met a lot of notable people, including Charles Bray, Ralph Waldo Emerson and so on ,who influenced her a lot.After her father s funeral, sh

4、e travelled to Switzerland with Brays, then she decided to stay there .Brief IntroductionBrief IntroductionAlso in 1851,she met the philosopher and critic George Henry Lewes, and they had decided to live together by 1854.In 1878, Lewes death put an end to their long an happy relationship; in her gri

5、ef Miss Evans leaned heavily on John Cross, who was more than twenty years her junior亚当亚当比德比德(Adam Bede，1859)弗洛斯河上的磨坊弗洛斯河上的磨坊(The Mill on the Floss，1860)织工马南传织工马南传(Silas Marner，1861)。罗慕拉罗慕拉(Romola，1862-1863)费利克斯费利克斯霍尔特霍尔特(Felix Holt，the Radical，1866)米德尔马契米德尔马契(Middlemarch，1872)丹尼尔丹尼尔德龙达德龙达(Daniel De

6、ronda，1876)Eliots Major Works Others教区生活场景教区生活场景(Scenes of Clerical Life，1856-1858)撩起的面纱撩起的面纱(The Lifted Veil，1859)雅各布哥哥雅各布哥哥(Brother Jacob，1864)西班牙吉卜赛人西班牙吉卜赛人(The Spanish Gypsy，1868)朱巴尔传奇诗集朱巴尔传奇诗集(The Legend of Jubal and Other Poems，1874)西奥弗拉斯特斯西奥弗拉斯特斯萨奇的印象萨奇的印象(The Impressions of Theophrastus Such

7、，1879) Comments on Adam Bede 1.The plot of Adam Bede is founded on a story of confession of childmurder.2.Adam Bede is a novel of Moral conflicts.3.The theme of social inequality is blended with Eliots moralization the mill on the flosslThe novel spans a period of 10 to 15 years, from Toms and Maggi

8、es childhood up until their deaths in a flood on the Floss.lMaggie is bright and full of aspirations, but Tom suspects her all the time. In the end, the brother and sister get reconciled(和解) but are drowned. Comments on The Mill on the floss1.In the Mill on the floss ,Maggies character is tinged wit

9、h the authors moralization.2.The tragic doom of Maggie virtually shows the irreconcilability of a gifted and noble-minded personality with bourgeois reality.The Mill on the Floss articulates the tension between circumstances and the spiritual energies of individual characters struggling against thos

10、e circumstances.Critics assert that Maggies need for love and acceptance is her underlying motivation throughout The Mill on the Floss, and the conflicts that arise often stem from her frustrated attempts at gaining this acceptance.The characteristics of Eliots literary worksa particular concern for

11、 the destiny of womenleading in the direction of both the naturalistic and psychological novel Interest in the interior life of human beings, moral problems and strainsReligion原文原文:As conceited man is like the cock who thought the sun had risen to hear him corw.一位自高自大的人，就像是一只公鸡，它以为太阳上一位自高自大的人，就像是一只公

12、鸡，它以为太阳上升，是为了聆听它的啼声。升，是为了聆听它的啼声。 我不但喜欢被人爱，还喜欢有人告诉爱上了我；沉默我不但喜欢被人爱，还喜欢有人告诉爱上了我；沉默的领域，大得足以超出了坟墓。的领域，大得足以超出了坟墓。 原文原文:I like not only to be loved, but to be told I am loved. The realm of silence is large enough beyond the grave. Words of EliotAs a woman in an illegal marriage, publishing under a male pseudonym, George Eliot was one of the most successful yet controversial writers of the Victor