TY - BOOK AU - Hardy,Barbara TI - George Eliot: a critic's biography T2 - Writers' lives SN - 9781441148131 AV - PR4681 .H378 2006eb U1 - 823.8 22 PY - 2006/// CY - London, New York PB - Continuum KW - Eliot, George, KW - Eliot, George. KW - Novelists, English KW - 19th century KW - Biography KW - Biography: literary KW - bicssc KW - Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 KW - LITERARY CRITICISM KW - European KW - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - Electronic books KW - collective biographies KW - aat KW - Biographies KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc KW - lcgft KW - rvmgf KW - Biographie KW - swd N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; An outline of George Eliot's life and writings -- Scenes of family life -- Home, travel and a need for foreignness -- Three or four love stories -- Acquaintances and friends -- Illness and death -- Objects, words and metaphors; Electronic reproduction; [Place of publication not identified]; HathiTrust Digital Library; 2010 N2 - Not for publication: ''promises to present the distilled understanding and insight of Professor Hardy''s lifetime engagement with George Eliot ... strengths lie in the sensitive close reading that distinguishes Barbara Hardy''s criticism and in the fascinating links and echoes between life and fiction that her comprehensive knowledge of the novelist''s writing enables her to find ... the proposed book would be accessible to a wide general readership and Barbara Hardy''s established reputation would be a selling point in itself.'' Readers report from John Rignall (Reader at University of Warwick a UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=368563 ER -