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George Eliot: A Scandalous Life

Nov 1, 2002 · 1h 0m
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Documentary

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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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CAST

Maureen Lipman
Narrator
Harriet Walter
Mary Ann Evans / George Eliot
John Sessions
George Henry Lewes
James Wilby
Herbert Spencer
David Walliams
John Chapman
Barbara Leigh-Hunt
Gossip
David Bamber
Gossip
Janine Duvitski
Gossip
Directed by Mary Downes

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Released
Original language
EN
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Production
BBC
Country
GB, US
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