Mary Ann (Marian) Evans (22 November 1819 – 22 December 1880), better known by her pen name George Eliot, was an English novelist. She was one of the leading writers of the ...
George Elliot may refer to: George Eliot, pen name of Mary Ann Evans (1819–1880), English novelist; George Elliot (admiral) (1784–1863) George Elliot (politician) (1813–1901 ...
Henry James said of Eliot, "She is magnificently ugly--deliciously hideous...in this vast ugliness resides a most powerful beauty which, in a very few minutes steals forth and ...