Fans of George Eliot are celebrating her bicentenary (standpointmag.co.uk)

I had the pleasure of reading Middlemarch during my last semester at University. To paraphrase Rebecca Goldstein, reading her work is an enormous experience that can really enrich your inner and moral life.

Btw, George Eliot was not only an amazing writer, but a serious scholar; she translated Spinoza into English!

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