George Eliot (Marian/Mary Ann Evans) was born in Warwickshire England in 1819. She went on to become one of England’s most astute nineteenth century writers. Eliot is the author of celebrated novels including
Adam Bede (1859),
Middlemarch (1871–1872) and
Daniel Deronda (1876). She also published non-fiction essays, poems and short stories, and was a skilled translator of German-language philosophy, including works by Strauss, Feuerbach and Spinoza. Eliot’s writing is characterized by gritty realism entwined with deep empathy and keen insight into human life and ethics.
Sarah Bacaller is a writer, researcher, and audiobook narrator from Melbourne, Australia.