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Born Mary Ann Evans in 1819, the novelist George Eliot was a woman ahead of her time: a proud and determined individual who continually broke the sexual, religious and social rules of Victorian society. George Eliot: A Scandalous Life explores how the scandals and rumours that plagued her life, never defeated her will or her literary genius; and how, against all odds, she went on to write some of the world's greatest novels including Middlemarch, The Mill on the Floss, and Silas Marner.Read moreLess
Born Mary Ann Evans in 1819, the novelist George Eliot was a woman ahead of her time: a proud and determined individual who continually broke the sexual, religious and social rules of Victorian society. George Eliot: A Scandalous Life explores how the scandals and rumours that plagued her life, never defeated her will or her literary genius; and how, against all odds, she went on to write some of the world's greatest novels including Middlemarch, The Mill on the Floss, and Silas Marner.
The story
Born Mary Ann Evans in 1819, the novelist George Eliot was a woman ahead of her time: a proud and determined individual who continually broke the sexual, religious and social rules of Victorian society. George Eliot: A Scandalous Life explores how the scandals and rumours that plagued her life, never defeated her will or her literary genius; and how, against all odds, she went on to write some of the world's greatest novels including Middlemarch, The Mill on the Floss, and Silas Marner.
Cast & crew
Maureen LipmanNarrator
Harriet WalterMary Ann Evans / George Eliot
John SessionsGeorge Henry Lewes
James WilbyHerbert Spencer
David WalliamsJohn Chapman
Barbara Leigh-HuntGossip
David BamberGossip
Janine DuvitskiGossip
Michael CulkinLiggins Conspirator
Felicity DeanEdith Simcox
Richard DillaneJohn CrossExplore the crew
- Producer
- Mary Downes
- Director
- Mary Downes
- Editor
- Michael Duly