George Eliot, Brother and Sister, 1st Edition - title page

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Date:1869

Description:These poems draw on her relationship with her brother Isaac and their childhood growing up in Nuneaton.


George Eliot (born Mary Ann Evans) was a local authoress based in the Coventry and Nuneaton district, from 1819-1880.


Full title: Brother and Sister, Sonnets by Marian Lewes, 1869, London, For Private Circulation


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1810s
Letter fragment
Letter fragment

An invitation to an unknown person to visit. Transcript: So come to us when ...

1840s
Portrait of Robert Evans
Portrait of Robert Evans

Robert Evans, Mary Ann's father, taken from the miniature by Carlisle painted in ...

1860s
Sara Hennell
Sara Hennell

Sara Hennell from a daguerrotype Sara became Mary Ann's friend after meeting at ...

1880s
Letter from Reverend W. Griffiths, p.1.
Letter from Reverend W. Griffiths, p.1.

The Rev. W. Griffiths was married to Isaac Evans' daughter. Isaac Evans was Mary ...

1900s
Engraved portrait of George Eliot
Engraved portrait of George Eliot

Frontispiece with engraved portrait of George Eliot by Edmund J. Sullivan [19]01. ...

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