I actually know very little about her real life – all I know is is that I recently read Middlemarch (Penguin Classics)
Anne has written about George Eliot quite often – but here is my favorite post of hers on the subject – it is called The Saddest Letter Ever Written.
I think you posted the wrong picture. The title says “Happy Birthday George Eliot,” but you posted a picture of a girl.
Do you have a copy of that letter? I can’t seem to find the entire thing on the internet.
hmmm – I would bet Anne has it. She is a huge George Eliot fan. We will wait for her to show up and see what she says!!
Oh sorry–I got it from Phyllis Rose’s book about Victorian marriages, Parallel Lives.