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George Eliot: A Scandalous Life

Born Mary Ann Evans in 1819, the novelist George Eliot was a woman ahead of her time: a proud and determined individual who continually broke the sexual, religious and social rules of Victorian society. George Eliot: A Scandalous Life explores how the scandals and rumours that plagued her life, never defeated her will or her literary genius; and how, against all odds, she went on to write some of the world's greatest novels including Middlemarch, The Mill on the Floss, and Silas Marner.

Top Cast

  • Maureen Lipman

    Maureen Lipman

    Narrator

  • Harriet Walter

    Harriet Walter

    Mary Ann Evans / George Eliot

  • John Sessions

    John Sessions

    George Henry Lewes

  • James Wilby

    James Wilby

    Herbert Spencer

  • David Walliams

    David Walliams

    John Chapman

  • Barbara Leigh-Hunt

    Barbara Leigh-Hunt

    Gossip

  • David Bamber

    David Bamber

    Gossip

  • Janine Duvitski

    Janine Duvitski

    Gossip

  • Michael Culkin

    Michael Culkin

    Liggins Conspirator

Overview

Born Mary Ann Evans in 1819, the novelist George Eliot was a woman ahead of her time: a proud and determined individual who continually broke the sexual, religious and social rules of Victorian society. George Eliot: A Scandalous Life explores how the scandals and rumours that plagued her life, never defeated her will or her literary genius; and how, against all odds, she went on to write some of the world's greatest novels including Middlemarch, The Mill on the Floss, and Silas Marner.

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