George Eliot Centenary, November 1919

George Eliot Centenary, November 1919 - Catalogue of Relics, Manuscrips, Prints, Paintings, Photographs & Books relating to George Eliot

Two of the letters are on Positivist affairs; three refer to the legal advice given to G. E. by Mr. Harrison in constructing the plot of Felix Holt (George Eliots Life, by Cross, v. 3: 258); the last letter was written during her mourning for G. H. Lewes. G. Eliots own copy, acquired at Coventry, 1849, given to Miss Sara S. Hennell, 1851, and at Mrs. Brays death came into the possession of Mr. Warwick Draper. See Mill on the Floss, bk. 4, ch. 3. Arbury Farm is on the Arbury Estate. Robert Evans, the novelists father, lived there from 1806 to 1820 as land agent to the estate. George Eliot was born here on November 22nd, 1819, but was taken to live at Griff House four months later. The farm has been much altered. George Eliots home from 1820 to 1841. The house has not been greatly altered. It was a delightful place to grow up in, and over and above the charms of the house, farm, garden and fields, there was the high road just in front of the gate, where she and her brother stood and watched the mail-coach pass twice a day. At the back of the house is a large, old-fashioned farm-house garden, where flowers, vegetables, fruits and trees grow in friendly confusionjust the kind of garden in which Hetty Sorrel gathered red currants.Deakin, Early Life of G. E., p. 5, 9. The dairy is known as Mrs. Poysers, but it was erected after G. Eliot left Griff. The Round Pond, into which Maggie Tulliver pushed Lucy and where Maggie and Tom used to fish, is in a field adjoining. Griff Hollows is the Red Deeps of the Mill on the Floss. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 30959
Author: Coventry (England). Public Libraries Committee
Release Date: Jan 13, 2010
Format: eBook
Language: English