
These eighteen essays were the last published work by George Eliot (a pseudonym for Mary Anne Evans, 1819-80). First published in 1879, they touch on topics ranging from plagiarism and self-deception to moral blindness and national consciousness.
George Eliot, was an English novelist and one of the leading writers of the Victorian era. She is the author of seven novels, including The Mill on the Floss (1860), Silas Marner (1861), Middlemarch (1871–72), and Daniel Deronda (1876), most of them set in provincial England and well known for their realism and psychological insight. ([Source][1].) [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Eliot

These eighteen essays were the last published work by George Eliot (a pseudonym for Mary Anne Evans, 1819-80). First published in 1879, they touch on topics ranging from plagiarism and self-deception to moral blindness and national consciousness.
George Eliot, was an English novelist and one of the leading writers of the Victorian era. She is the author of seven novels, including The Mill on the Floss (1860), Silas Marner (1861), Middlemarch (1871–72), and Daniel Deronda (1876), most of them set in provincial England and well known for their realism and psychological insight. ([Source][1].) [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Eliot