George Eliot Statue — Attraction in Nuneaton and Bedworth

Mary Ann Evans (22 November 1819 – 22 December 1880; alternatively Mary Anne or Marian[citation needed]), known by her pen name George Eliot, was an English novelist, poet, journalist, translator and one of the leading writers of the Victorian era. She wrote seven novels, Adam Bede (1859), The Mill on the Floss (1860), Silas Marner (1861), Romola (1862–63), Felix Holt, the Radical (1866), Middlemarch (1871–72) and Daniel Deronda (1876), most of which are set in provincial England and known for their realism and psychological insight.

Although female authors were published under their own names during her lifetime, she wanted to escape the stereotype of women's writing being limited to lighthearted romances. She also wanted to have her fiction judged separately from her already extensive and widely known work as an editor and critic. Another factor in her use of a pen name may have been a desire to shield her private life from public scrutiny, thus avoiding the scandal that would have arisen because of her relationship with the married George Henry Lewes.

Middlemarch has been described by the novelists Martin Amis and Julian Barnes as the greatest novel in the English...

The statue is part of Nuneaton's heritage and serves as a local landmark as well as a beautiful reminder of not only a famous author but also how times have changed. George Eliot was a nom du plume as it was frowned upon and very difficult to get published as a woman. A story worth investigating and a great reminder of this hugely popular and...

Just a statue I guess! I wouldn’t really ‘recommend’ visiting it as it is very small and will take 1 minute of...