George Eliot's Theory of the Novel

Title

George Eliot's Theory of the Novel

Description

By the time George Eliot began work on Scenes of Clerical Life late in 1856, she already had in mind a pretty clear idea of what a novel ought to be. Here her work for the Westminster Review and the Leader had been of great assistance, for it had enabled…

Creator

Richard Freadman

Source

George Eliot Review
1985: 16, 58-65

Publisher

GER and George Eliot Archive

Date

Published 1985
Digitized 2017

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Citation

Richard Freadman, “George Eliot's Theory of the Novel,” George Eliot Review Online, accessed April 16, 2021, https://georgeeliotreview.org/items/show/838.