Carlisle, Clare
The Marriage Question: George Eliot's Double Life
- ISBN 13:
- 9780141992945
- author:
- Carlisle, Clare
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Penguin Books Ltd
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2024
- Pages:
- 400
- Dimensions:
- 19.8 x 12.9 x 2.2 centimetres (0
- Genre:
- Biography, Literary, Biography,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
George Eliot's Double Life: A Biography of Marriage and Art George Eliot's life was marked by a profound exploration of marriage and its complexities. In her mid-thirties, she transformed herself into a celebrated author, while also finding a life partner in George Lewes, a writer and philosopher. Despite not being able to legally marry, Eliot felt initiated into the experience of marriage, which she described as a 'double life' that helped her to feel and think with greater strength. Through her novels, Eliot probed the tensions and complexities of a shared life, exploring themes of desire and sacrifice, motherhood and creativity, trust and disillusion, and destiny and chance. This biography, The Marriage Question, reveals Eliot to be not only a great artist but also a brilliant philosopher, whose work continues to resonate with readers today. Clare Carlisle's new biography offers a searching exploration of Eliot's marriage questions, joining her in her struggle to marry thought and feeling. By examining the immense ambition and dark marriage plots of her novels, Carlisle sheds new light on Eliot's life and work, and invites readers to re-examine the enduring themes of her writing.
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