Omnibus | The Confessions of Marian Evans: A Portrait of George Eliot

Duration: 1'13'56''

Synopsis

Marian Evans became world famous in 1859 at the age of 39 as George Eliot, the author of ''Adam Bede''. Film shows what happened to the girl from Nuneaton before she became a great novelist.

Further Information
Other Archive resources
Middlemarch | BBC Four | 2019

Arena | Pseudonym

A discussion of Mary Anne Evans' choice to use the pseudonym George Eliot.
Middlemarch | BBC Four | 2019

Arena | Introduction to Middlemarch

An introduction to the plot and setting of George Eliot's Middlemarch.