Silas Marner | Author Biography
George Eliot, neé Mary Ann Evans, was born on November 22, 1819, in Chilvers Coton, in Warwickshire, England, the daughter of estate manager Robert Evans and his wife Christiana Pearson. Evans was educated at home and at various schools, including Mrs. Wallington’s school in Nuneaton, where she became an Evangelical Christian. When her mother died in 1836, Evans became her father’s housekeeper, while continuing her education through private tutors. She learned Italian, German, and Latin, and within a few years also studied Greek and Hebrew.
In 1841, Evans and her father moved to the...
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