George Eliot (1819–1880)
Auteur de Middlemarch
A propos de l'auteur
George Eliot was born Mary Ann Evans on a Warwickshire farm in England, where she spent almost all of her early life. She received a modest local education and was particularly influenced by one of her teachers, an extremely religious woman whom the novelist would later use as a model for various afficher plus characters. Eliot read extensively, and was particularly drawn to the romantic poets and German literature. In 1849, after the death of her father, she went to London and became assistant editor of the Westminster Review, a radical magazine. She soon began publishing sketches of country life in London magazines. At about his time Eliot began her lifelong relationship with George Henry Lewes. A married man, Lewes could not marry Eliot, but they lived together until Lewes's death. Eliot's sketches were well received, and soon after she followed with her first novel, Adam Bede (1859). She took the pen name "George Eliot" because she believed the public would take a male author more seriously. Like all of Eliot's best work, The Mill on the Floss (1860), is based in large part on her own life and her relationship with her brother. In it she begins to explore male-female relations and the way people's personalities determine their relationships with others. She returns to this theme in Silas Mariner (1861), in which she examines the changes brought about in life and personality of a miser through the love of a little girl. In 1863, Eliot published Romola. Set against the political intrigue of Florence, Italy, of the 1490's, the book chronicles the spiritual journey of a passionate young woman. Eliot's greatest achievement is almost certainly Middlemarch (1871). Here she paints her most detailed picture of English country life, and explores most deeply the frustrations of an intelligent woman with no outlet for her aspirations. This novel is now regarded as one of the major works of the Victorian era and one of the greatest works of fiction in English. Eliot's last work was Daniel Deronda. In that work, Daniel, the adopted son of an aristocratic Englishman, gradually becomes interested in Jewish culture and then discovers his own Jewish heritage. He eventually goes to live in Palestine. Because of the way in which she explored character and extended the range of subject matter to include simple country life, Eliot is now considered to be a major figure in the development of the novel. She is buried in Highgate Cemetery, North London, England, next to her common-law husband, George Henry Lewes. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
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Œuvres de George Eliot
The Best-Known Novels of George Eliot: Adam Bede, The Mill on the Floss, Silas Marner, Romola (1777) 104 exemplaires
Silas Marner / The Lifted Veil / Brother Jacob / Scenes of Clerical Life (1880) — Auteur — 15 exemplaires
Romola / Silas Marner — Auteur — 9 exemplaires
Romola (3/3) 9 exemplaires
Romola (1/3) 9 exemplaires
Romola (2/3) 8 exemplaires
Scenes of Clerical Life (2/2) — Auteur — 8 exemplaires
Daniel Deronda, Volume 1 of 3 7 exemplaires
[unidentified works] 7 exemplaires
The Mill on the Floss / Silas Marner / The Lifted Veil / Brother Jacob (1890) — Auteur — 7 exemplaires
George Eliot Six Pack - Middlemarch, Daniel Deronda, Silas Marner, The Lifted Veil, The Mill on the Floss and Adam Bede (2014) 7 exemplaires
Reading & Training : George Eliot : The mill on the Floss [book + sound recording] (2007) — Writer — 6 exemplaires
The Complete Works of George Eliot: Poems: Volume II 6 exemplaires
The Complete Works of George Eliot: Poems: Volume I 6 exemplaires
Eliot's works 5 exemplaires
Impressions of Theophrastus Such: Essays and Leaves from a Notebook and Poetical Works (1900) 5 exemplaires
Daniel Deronda, Volume 2 of 3 5 exemplaires
Reading & Training : George Eliot : Silas Marner [book + sound recording] (2003) — Writer — 5 exemplaires
The Works of George Eliot: Vol. I - Adam Bede, The Mill on the Floss, Romola; Vol. II -- Middlemarch: A Study of… (1890) 4 exemplaires
Gems from George Eliot 4 exemplaires
Novels of George Eliot 4 exemplaires
Middlemarch (BBC Radio Collection) 4 exemplaires
George Eliot: Complete Collection of Works with analysis and historical background (Annotated and Illustrated)… (2013) 3 exemplaires
Works of George Eliot. The Mill on the Floss, Daniel Deronda, Adam Bede, Middlemarch, The Lifted Veil & more. (mobi) (2008) 3 exemplaires
George Eliot's Daniel Deronda: Abridged — Auteur — 3 exemplaires
El molino 3 exemplaires
Scenes From a Clerical Life -- The Life of George Eliot (The Works of George Eliot in Twelve Volumes, Volume 4) (1883) 3 exemplaires
The Essays of ''George Eliot'' 3 exemplaires
Poems: Together with Brother Jacob and The Lifted Veil 3 exemplaires
The Mill on the Floss / Romola — Auteur — 3 exemplaires
De gitaar van Renaissance tot rock : de klassieke gitaar, de flamencogitaar, de gitaar in Latijns-Amerika,… (1979) 3 exemplaires
The Complete Works of George Eliot: St. James Edition:; Volume VI:; Middlemarch Part III, Silas Marner, and Daniel… (1908) 3 exemplaires
Adam Bede | Felix Holt 3 exemplaires
Scenes of Clerical Life, Silas Marner, Adam Bede (Harper's Fireside Edition, Volume 1, 1885) 2 exemplaires
The Collected Complete Works of George Eliot (Huge Collection Including The Mill on the Floss, Middlemarch, Romola,… 2 exemplaires
Theophrastus Such / The Spanish Gypsy — Auteur — 2 exemplaires
Middlemarch | Romola 2 exemplaires
Masterpieces from George Eliot 2 exemplaires
Works of George Eliot, Vol. XVII 2 exemplaires
Miscellaneous Essays ; Impressions of Theophrastus Such ; The Lifted Veil ; Brother Jacob (1901) 2 exemplaires
Middlemarch, 1994 Quality Paperback Book Club Edition 2 exemplaires
George Eliot's Works: Adam Bede/Daniel Deronda/Felix Holt and Clerical Life/Middlemarch/Mill on the Floss/Romola (6… (1914) 2 exemplaires
Complete Works of George Eliot, Volume VI 2 exemplaires
The George Eliot BBC Radio Drama Collection: Five Full-Cast Dramatisations Including Middlemarch, The Mill on the Floss… (2020) 2 exemplaires
Works 2 exemplaires
Middlemarch: A BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramatisation 2 exemplaires
50 Masterpieces you have to read before you die vol: 1 2 exemplaires
The Mill on the Floss / Scenes of Clerical Life — Auteur — 2 exemplaires
The Sad Fortunes of Rev. Amos Barton, Brother Jacob, the Lifted Veil, Impressions of Theophrastus Such (1887) 2 exemplaires
The Mill on the Floss - Intermediate 2 exemplaires
Margaret Fuller and Mary Wollstonecraft [essay] 2 exemplaires
George Eliot's Works, Vol 17: Poems, Volume I. 1 exemplaire
George Eliot's Works, Vol 4: Felix Holt, Volume II. 1 exemplaire
George Eliot's Works, Vol 5: Romola, Volume I. 1 exemplaire
George Eliot's Works, Vol 6: Romola, Volume II. 1 exemplaire
George Eliot's Works, Vol 7: Romola, Volume III. 1 exemplaire
George Elliot Works: 7 books - Middlemarch, Adam Bede, Daniel Deronda, Romola, Impressions of Theophrastus Such...,… (1897) 1 exemplaire
Novels of George Eliot vol 9 Danial Deronda Vol 2 1 exemplaire
Silas Marner, edited for school use by Hancock 1 exemplaire
George Eliot's Works, Vol 14: Middlemarch, Volume I. 1 exemplaire
George Eliot's Works, Vol 3: Felix Holt, Volume I. 1 exemplaire
Romola. Vol. I 1 exemplaire
Silas Marner - Class 12 (CBSE) 1 exemplaire
George Eliot's Works, Vol 1: Poems, Volume II. 1 exemplaire
Silas Marner ... Edited by Norman Hepple 1 exemplaire
George Eliot's Works, Vol 2: Adam Bede, Volume II. 1 exemplaire
George Eliot's Complete Works - Silas Marner/Spanish Gypsy/Complete Poems (Illustrated) 1 exemplaire
Daniel Deronda. Vol II 1 exemplaire
Middlemarch 1 exemplaire
Silvano Marner, il tessitore di Raveloe 1 exemplaire
Đ ł Ơ ư æ 1 exemplaire
100 Books You Must Read Before You Die [volume 1] 1 exemplaire
Masterpieces of George Eliot 1 exemplaire
The Wit of Heinrich Heine (Little Blue Book #216) 1 exemplaire
MIDDLEMARCH - TASRA HAYATINA DAIR BIR INCELEME 1 exemplaire
George Eliot's Works, Vol 1: Adam Bede, Volume I. 1 exemplaire
Il Velo dissolto e La storia della vecchia nutrice 1 exemplaire
Middlemarch 1 exemplaire
The Complete Essays of George Eliot 1 exemplaire
Middlemarch Volume one and two 1 exemplaire
Młyn nad Flossą 1 exemplaire
Armgart 1 exemplaire
Robert Browning's Men and Women 1 exemplaire
Daniel Deronda, Eliot's works 1 exemplaire
Harriot Beecher Stowe's Dred, Charles Reade's It is Never Too Late to Mend and Frederika Bremer's Hertha [essay] 1 exemplaire
William Lecky's The Influence of Rationalism 1 exemplaire
John Ruskin's Modern Painters, Vol. III [essay] 1 exemplaire
The Antigone and Its Moral 1 exemplaire
Thomas Carlyle [essay] 1 exemplaire
Silas Marner, le tisserand de Raveloe 1 exemplaire
Translations and Translators 1 exemplaire
The Complete Works of George Eliot, All of George Eliot's Unabridged Novels AND Complete 1 exemplaire
Saint-Marc Girardin's Love in the Drama 1 exemplaire
Geraldine Jewsbury's Constance Herbert [essay] 1 exemplaire
The Morality of Wilhelm Meister [essay] 1 exemplaire
Silas Marner: With illustrations of contemporary scenes and a forward by Basil Davenport 1 exemplaire
Middlemarch. NOVEL (1871) by: George Eliot. (pen name of Mary Ann Evans) ( It was first published in 1871 to 1872.) (2016) 1 exemplaire
Silas Marner (With Annotations) Class- XII 1 exemplaire
Novels of George Eliot vol 7 Middlemarch vol 2 1 exemplaire
¤ ¤ ¤ ILLUSTRATED ¤ ¤ ¤ Middlemarch, by George Eliot - NEW Illustrated Classics 2011 Edition (FULLY… 1 exemplaire
Works of George Eliot (Middlemarch 1 exemplaire
The Mill on the Floss (Norton Critical Editions): Written by George Eliot, 1994 Edition, Publisher: W. W. Norton &… 1 exemplaire
The works of George Eliot. 6. Felix Holt, the Radical ... With an introduction by Viola Meynell. 1913. pp. xiv, 503:… 1 exemplaire
Six Pack 1 exemplaire
Excelsior Literature Series No. 33 Silas Marner 1 exemplaire
Charles Kingsley's Westward Ho! [essay] 1 exemplaire
Lord Brougham's Literature [essay] 1 exemplaire
Middlemarch D. 2 1 exemplaire
Evangelical Teaching: Dr. Cumming [essay] 1 exemplaire
Woman in France: Madame de Sablé [essay] 1 exemplaire
Brother and Sister Sonnets 1 exemplaire
Slias Marner Etc. 1 exemplaire
George Eliot's Life, Vol. III (of 3) as related in her Letters and Journals by George Eliot 1 exemplaire
Middlemarch D. 1 1 exemplaire
The Writings of George Eliot Poems and Essays 1 exemplaire
The Mill on the Floss 1 exemplaire
Thomas Carlyle's Life of John Sterling [essay] 1 exemplaire
Notes on Form in Art 1 exemplaire
W. R. Greg's The Creed of Christendom 1 exemplaire
Silas Marner 1 exemplaire
R. W. Mackay's The Progress of the Intellect 1 exemplaire
J. A. Froude's The Nemesis of Faith [essay] 1 exemplaire
The Ilfracombe Journal [essay] 1 exemplaire
Worldliness and Other-Worldliness: The Poet Young 1 exemplaire
George Eliot’s Complete Works Romola 1 exemplaire
Middlemarch[MIDDLEMARCH][Hardcover] 1 exemplaire
The Natural History of German Life 1 exemplaire
דניאל דירונדה 1 exemplaire
German Wit: Heinrich Heine [essay] 1 exemplaire
Novels of George Eliot vol 8 Daniel Deronda vol 1 1 exemplaire
Golden Grain 1 exemplaire
Novels of George Eliot vol 6 Middlemarch vol 1 1 exemplaire
George Eliot's Complete Works 6 vols. 1 exemplaire
The Complete Works of George Eliot: St. James Edition:; Volume VII:; Daniel Deronda Parts II and III (1908) 1 exemplaire
The Complete Works of George Eliot: St. James Edition:; Volume II:; The Mill on the Floss, Brother Jacob, and Leaves… (1908) 1 exemplaire
The A. L. Bright Story Readers No. 74: Silas Marner 1 exemplaire
Silas Marner : adopted from the story 1 exemplaire
Middlemarch : With an Introduction By R.M.Hewitt 1 exemplaire
Novels of George Eliot in Five Volumes with Illustrations: Adam Bede; The Mill in the Floss; Silas Marner; Clerical… 1 exemplaire
A Sketch of George Eliot by C Kegan Paul; Essays; Leaves from a Notebook; Poems; Brother Jacob; The Lifted Veil; A… (1885) 1 exemplaire
The Mill on the Floss (Shortened Version) 1 exemplaire
Works of George Eliot, Vol. XIV 1 exemplaire
The Girlhood of Maggie Tulliver 1 exemplaire
Essays; Scenes from clerical life. Volume 2 of 2 1 exemplaire
The Works of George Eliot Part I Volume IX 1 exemplaire
Middlemarch. Vol.2 1 exemplaire
Essays; Scenes from clerical life. Volume 1 of 2 1 exemplaire
Theophrastus Such, Spanish Gypsy and Poems 1 exemplaire
George Eliot's Works (Six Volumes): Adam Bede, Scenes of Clerical Life, Middlemarch, The Mill On the Floss, Daniel… 1 exemplaire
Poems. Clerical Life 1 exemplaire
George Eliot's complete works, illustrated 1 exemplaire
The Works of George Eliot, Vol. I 1 exemplaire
Stories from George Eliot. Selected by Amy Cruse 1 exemplaire
George Elliot: Selected Works 1 exemplaire
Do You Lose Your Temper? 1 exemplaire
Biographie 1 exemplaire
George Eliot's Complete Works - Silas Marner/Spanish Gypsy/Complete Poems (Illustrated) (1908) 1 exemplaire
Famous Women 1 exemplaire
Merrill's English texts 1 exemplaire
The student's series of English classics 1 exemplaire
Romola: Silas Marner; The Lifted Veil; Brother Jacob 1 exemplaire
Adam Bede / Theophrastus Such 1 exemplaire
Wise, Witty, and Tender Sayings in Prose and Verse; Selected From the Works of George Eliot (2012) 1 exemplaire
Spanish Gypsy, Poems & Essays: Works of George Eliot 1 exemplaire
Essays, Volume II 1 exemplaire
Essays, Volume I 1 exemplaire
The Writings of George Eliot Together with the Life of J. W. Cross in Twenty-Five Volumes: Warwickshire Edition (1907) 1 exemplaire
Silas Marner | Poems 1 exemplaire
Gilfil's Love and Other Stories 1 exemplaire
Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe — Amos Barton (from Scenes of Clerical Life) — The Lifted Veil 1 exemplaire
Middlemarch: A Story of Provincial Life Volume 1 1 exemplaire
The Story of Little Tom and Maggie: from The Mill on the Floss of George Eliot (Famous Children of Literature) (1903) 1 exemplaire
The Legend of Jubal and Other Poems, Old and New 1 exemplaire
The Works of George Eliot, Cabinet Edition, 19 volumes: Adam Bede; Romola; Middlemarch; Mill on the Floss; Daniel… 1 exemplaire
Mr. Gilfil's Love Story and Other Works 1 exemplaire
George Eliot's Works: Felix Holt, Etc. 1 exemplaire
Novels of George Eliot vol5 Romola 1 exemplaire
George Eliot Works: Silas Marner / The Lifted Veil / Brother Jacob and Scenes of Clerical Life (1890) 1 exemplaire
The Spanish Gypsy and Other Poems. Scenes of Clerical Life, Adam Bede, Romola, Felix Holt The Radical., Daniel Deronda,… (1920) 1 exemplaire
Romances Tolos de Romancistas Tolas 1 exemplaire
Silas Marner | Lifted Veil | Brother Jacob 1 exemplaire
George Eliot's Works:,Felix Holt and Clerical Life 1 exemplaire
Mill on the Floss, Volume 3 1 exemplaire
Novels of George Eliot vol 3 Felix Holt 1 exemplaire
Middle March, a study of provincial life 1 exemplaire
Silas Marner by George Eliot (1980-05-06) 1 exemplaire
THE BEST-KNOWN NOVELS OF GEORGE ELIOT. Adam Bede, The Mill on the Floss, Silas Maner, Romola (1946) 1 exemplaire
Masterpieces from Eliot (Knickerbocker classics) 1 exemplaire
The Mill on the Floss (Complete All Books) : Classic Edition With Original Illustrations (2020) 1 exemplaire
Silas Marner / Scenes of Clerical Life 1 exemplaire
Great work of George Eliot 1 exemplaire
Silas Marner; the Lifted Veil, Brother Jacob; the Impressions of Theophrastus Such & Poems (1920) 1 exemplaire
Vo. 7 - The Works of George Eliot 1 exemplaire
George Eliot's Works: Adam Bede, Felix Holt, Middlemarch and Romola. (4 Volumes) (1886) 1 exemplaire
Vol. 10 - The Works of George Eliot 1 exemplaire
Vol. 6 - The Works of George Eliot 1 exemplaire
The Works of George Eliot (1) 1 exemplaire
George Eliot Collection: The Complete Novels, Short Stories, Poems and Essays (Middlemarch, Daniel Deronda, Scenes of… (2018) 1 exemplaire
Poems, Essays, Andleaves from a Note Book (Personal Edition of George Eliot's Works) (1904) 1 exemplaire
George Eliot : The Complete Works (Best Navigation, Active TOC) (A to Z Classics) (2017) 1 exemplaire
George Eliot's Works 5 Volumes Romola,The Mill On The Floss,Middlemarch,Daniel Deronda,Felix Holt (1891) 1 exemplaire
The Works of George Eliot in Twelve Volumes - DANIEL DERONDA - PART ONE - VOL IX (Volume IX) 1 exemplaire
Romola with Illustrations (Florentine Edition) Two Volume Set V1-475 pages V2-478 (1864) 1 exemplaire
Silas Marner, plus Scenes of a Clerical Life, The Lifted Veil, and Brother Jacob (1900) 1 exemplaire
The Complete Novels of George Eliot - All 9 Novels in One Edition: Adam Bede, The Lifted Veil, The Mill on the Floss,… (2017) 1 exemplaire
Silus Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe 1 exemplaire
Eliot, George (Maryanne Evans) Archive 1 exemplaire
Scenes of clerical life [and essays] 1 exemplaire
Theophrastus Such; Essays; Leaves from a Notebook 1 exemplaire
George Eliot's Works / The Complete Works of George Eliot - Impressions of Theophrastus Such - Miscellaneous Essays… (1910) 1 exemplaire
Talking Classics : Middlemarch 1 exemplaire
Silas Marner. Excelsior Literature Series, No. 33 1 exemplaire
The Best of George Eliot, Volume 2 1 exemplaire
Silas Marner (abridged) 1 exemplaire
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Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom légal
- Evans, Mary Ann
- Autres noms
- Evans, Marian
Cross, Mary Anne - Date de naissance
- 1819
- Date de décès
- 1880
- Lieu de sépulture
- Highgate, Londen
- Sexe
- female
- Nationalité
- Verenigd Koninkrijk
- Pays (pour la carte)
- England, UK
- Lieu de naissance
- Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England, UK
- Lieu du décès
- London, England, UK
- Cause du décès
- throat infection
- Lieux de résidence
- Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England, UK
London, England, UK - Études
- Mrs. Wallington's School (Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England, UK)
- Professions
- novelist
editor - Relations
- Lewes, George Henry (husband)
Cross, J. W. (husband)
Hennell, Sara (friend)
Spencer, Herbert (friend)
Evans, Gwyn (great-nephew) - Courte biographie
- Mary Ann Evans (22 November 1819 – 22 December 1880; alternatively Mary Anne or Marian, known by her pen name George Eliot, was an English novelist, poet, journalist, translator and one of the leading writers of the Victorian era. She wrote seven novels, Adam Bede (1859), The Mill on the Floss (1860), Silas Marner (1861), Romola (1862–63), Felix Holt, the Radical (1866), Middlemarch (1871–72) and Daniel Deronda (1876), most of which are set in provincial England and known for their realism and psychological insight.
Although female authors were published under their own names during her lifetime, she wanted to escape the stereotype of women's writing being limited to lighthearted romances. She also wanted to have her fiction judged separately from her already extensive and widely known work as an editor and critic. Another factor in her use of a pen name may have been a desire to shield her private life from public scrutiny, thus avoiding the scandal that would have arisen because of her relationship with the married George Henry Lewes.
Middlemarch has been described by the novelists Martin Amis[3] and Julian Barnes as the greatest novel in the English language. Published under the name J. T. Colgan.
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C'est une excellente nouvelle, très victorienne. Je crois que Mary Elizabeth Braddon ne l'aurait pas renié.
Latimer est un jeune homme qui se veut posséder l'âme romantique. Il en a l'âme mais malheureusement pas le génie créateur qu'il aspire pourtant à posséder. Il passe une jeunesse languissante en Suisse, une jeunesse faite de rêverie et de mélancolie. Un jour, il tombe malade. Son père le rejoint et l'aide pour sa guérison. Quand il se sent mieux, il s'aperçoit qu il a acquis un don : ce n'est pas celui de la création mais celui de la clairvoyance. Il a des visions et arrive à savoir ce que les gens pensent.
La première vision qu'il a est celle de la ville de Prague qu'il n'a jamais et qui s'avèrera exactement comme il l'a pensé le jour où il s'y rendra. La deuxième est la vision de la fiancée de son frère qu'il n'a absolument jamais vu et qui s'avèrera elle-aussi exactement comme il l'a vu.
De cette première vision de la fiancée, il tombera en amour. Ce n'est pas réciproque bien évidemment (il le sait parce qu'il le lit dans ses pensées). Pourtant, il a une vision qu'un jour elle sera sa femme. Manque de chance quand elle sera sa femme, ils ne s'entendront pas et elle souhaitera sa mort plus d'une fois. Il ne lui reste qu'à patienter pour voir son rêve s'accomplir même si il sait que cela va mener au désastre (Ah ces hommes ! ils ne sont pas compliqués du tout). Son frère meurt dans une chute de cheval. Le mariage va pouvoir avoir lieu ...
Le début est accrocheur (comme tout le reste de la nouvelle : il y a une montée du suspens qui est assez génial car le rythme ne faiblit jamais. Il n'y a pas vraiment de temps morts même si il y a parfois des petites leçons de vie) :
Ma fin est proche. Ces derniers temps, j'ai été sujet à des attaques d'angina pectoris et du train où vont les choses, si j'en crois mon médecin, j'ai lieu d'espérer que ma vie ne se prolongera pas au-delà de quelques mois. A moins que je ne sois affligé et physiquement et moralement d'une constitution exceptionnelle, je ne subirai plus bien longtemps l'odieux fardeau de cette existence terrestre. S'il devait en être autrement et que je vienne à atteindre l'âge désiré et envisagé par la plupart des hommes, je pourrais alors juger si les tourments de l'espérance déçue l'emportent sur ceux de la connaissance extra-lucide. Je prévois en effet l'heure de ma mort et le détail exact de mes derniers instants. Dans un mois jour pour jour, le vingt septembre mille huit cent cinquante, je serai assis dans ce même fauteuil, dans ce même cabinet de travail, à dix heures du soir, et j'attendrai la mort, las de cet éternel don de pénétration et de prévision, à bout d'espoir et d'illusion.
Moi j'y ai vu surtout une histoire pour dire que vivre il valait mieux ne pas tout savoir. Dans la postface de Marianne Tomi, on se rencontre qu'il peut y avoir plein de lectures possibles (et que d'après elle, c'est quand même pas le même niveau que Mary Elizabeth Braddon, trop populaire) : il y a des éléments biographiques dans le texte, une des leçons que l'on peut tirer est que Latimer cherche trop à avoir ce qu'il ne peut pas avoir : la femme de son frère, le don de créer...
Vous pouvez lire cette nouvelle comme moi, juste parce qu'elle est captivante et très bien écrite (en gros prendre cela comme un très bon divertissement) ou comme Marianne Tomi, en spécialiste de George Eliot, et trouver le texte intéressant mais pas majeur dans l’œuvre de l'auteur.… (plus d'informations)