The Essays of "George Eliot"
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The Essays of "George Eliot", collected by Nathan Sheppard and published in New York in 1883, gathers the reviews and articles Mary Ann Evans wrote, mostly for the Westminster Review, before and alongside her career as a novelist. They include her review of Carlyle's Life of Sterling, "Woman in France: Madame de Sablé," a sharp attack on the preacher Dr. Cumming's evangelical teaching, an appreciation of Heine's wit, "The Natural History of German Life," the satirical "Silly Novels by Lady Novelists," an essay on the poet Young and on the influence of rationalism, a review of The Grammar of Ornament, and the "Address to Working Men, by Felix Holt." Sheppard adds an introduction on her analysis of motives. The full text is available to read online in your browser on Vinteuil, and the first essay is free.
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