Product Description

Published as part of George Eliot's fictional debut, Amos Barton is a moving, honest work, containing the same warm irony and keen observations that mark so many of her later novels. Parson Amos Barton is responsible not only for the spiritual welfare of his flock - in particular protecting them from the evils of Dissenting preachers - but also for his extensive family. Burying himself in the works of the Evangelical greats, he may find food for thought for his parishioners, but the family's poverty only worsens. For all his learning, it seems not even he can contain their inevitable tragedy.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #594928 in Books
• Published on: 2003-06-26
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 112 pages

Review
'elegant and expressive... the most original work of fiction George Eliot ever wrote' - David Lodge --x

From the Back Cover
Writer and freethinker George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans or Marian Evans) is one of the most admired Victorian novelists. Frequently adopting religious and social themes in her writing, she perfected the art of characterisation, paving the way for the ensuing ‘modern’ novel. Though scourged during her lifetime for her relationship with the married writer George Henry Lewes, she is now one of the best-loved writers of her time, with Middlemarch, The Mill on the Floss and Silas Marner counting among her most popular novels.

Matthew Sweet is a journalist, social historian and author of Inventing the Victorians (2001).

About the Author
Born Mary Ann Evans, Victorian novelist George Eliot (1819-1880) is the author of a number of remarkable works, including the masterpiece, Middlemarch. Matthew Sweet, author of Inventing The Victorians, has been film critic of The Independent on Sunday, a columnist for The Big Issue, and a director's assistant at the RSC.