George Eliot: A Scandalous Life

2002Directed by Mary Downes

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Released: November 1, 2002
Runtime: 1h

About George Eliot: A Scandalous Life

TV Movie
Documentary

Synopsis

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.

Director: Mary Downes
Writers: Steve Attridge
George Eliot

Principal cast

In billing order

Maureen LipmanNarrator
Harriet WalterMary Ann Evans / George Eliot
John SessionsGeorge Henry Lewes
James WilbyHerbert Spencer
David WalliamsJohn Chapman
Barbara Leigh-HuntGossip

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