George Eliot in Society : Travels Abroad and Sundays at the Priory /

Sundays at the Priory, the salons that George Eliot and George Henry Lewes conducted throughout the winter seasons during their later years in the 1870s, have generally earned descriptions as at once scandalous and dull, with few women in attendance, and guests approaching the Sibyl one by one to ex...

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Main Author: McCormack, Kathleen, 1944-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Columbus : Ohio State University Press, [2013]
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