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There’s no place like a revered writer’s home

Letters: Readers respond to an editorial on preserving the homes of writers such as William Blake, Ted Hughes and William Wordsworth for the public

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The Guardian view on writers’ houses: a museum of one’s own

Editorial: The Wordsworth Trust has acquired a second home. Cherished authors including George Eliot don’t even have one

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Amnesty International says Farage putting ‘hate and inhumanity’ over leadership with El Salvador prison plan – as it happened

A spokesperson for the human rights group likened the proposal to ‘financial brutality with British taxpayers’ money’

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Pet Quote by George Eliot, 'Animals are such agreeable friends — they ask no questions, they pass no criticism' shows timeless human connection, kindness, empathy, companionship

Quote of the day by George Eliot remains relevant because they remind us that companionship does not always need complicated explanations. Sometimes the most comforting friend is the one who simply stays nearby. Animals can offer affection without demanding perfection, presence without interrogation and companionship without unnecessary judgment.

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Quote of the day by George Eliot, 'Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them' shows psychology of love never truly ends, offers inspiring life advice that family traditions play important role, remembering those we lose still brings comfort today

George Eliot's timeless quote of the day offers a message of hope rather than sorrow. "Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them" reminds us that love leaves lasting impressions that cannot be erased by time alone. Those who have shaped our lives continue to influence…

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Quote of the day by George Eliot: 'For what is love itself, for the one we love best? An enfolding of...' - Middlemarch and The Mill on the Floss author's emotional quote teaches life lessons on love, relationships and why caring for someone deeply can bring both joy and worry

Quote of the day by George Eliot: George Eliot's quote highlights love's deep concerns as more valuable. These immeasurable cares are better than any joys found outside love. Loving someone deeply means sharing their worries and their happiness. This perspective suggests that challenges within love hold significant meaning.

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From The Godfather to Middlemarch: 8 of the most faithful adaptations ever

Adapting canonical literary classics into cinema is an inherently difficult task, as it requires walking a razor’s edge between remaining faithful to the text and translating it into another medium.

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Life lesson of the day by the Victorian-era English novelist George Eliot: 'It is never too late to be what you might have been...'- 'Middlemarch' author's timeless life lesson on why it’s never too late to become who you were meant to be

Life lesson of the day: George Eliot's enduring wisdom, "It is never too late to be what you might have been," resonates powerfully. Her own life, marked by a late start to her literary career, exemplifies that age and past circumstances need not define our potential. Eliot's journey underscores the…

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Move over Middlemarch! Readers’ top 100 novels

After critics and authors picked their top 100 novels of all time, we asked readers to choose their favourites. Thousands of votes came in from around the world ... which books did you choose that were missing from the original list, and what has pushed George Eliot off the top…

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What is missing from the Guardian’s 100 best novels list

Letters: Readers share their reflections on the best works of fiction in English, and ask whether popularity or lightheartedness disqualified books from consideration

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The Guardian view on Middlemarch: the greatest novel in the English language

Editorial: George Eliot’s masterpiece of provincial life still has much to teach us about sympathy and tolerance

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The Given World by Melissa Harrison review – a stunning tale of rural life for an era of ecological crisis

Eerie omens haunt this absorbing group portrait set over six months in an English village

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How to read the classics in an age of distraction – and 3 short books to get you going

Over the past 15 years, I have witnessed university students’ shrinking patience for reading – especially for reading “long” books. Increasingly, students also opt for audiobooks. While speeding up the reading experience, these fundamentally change what is noticed.

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Five Great Reads: Siri Hustvedt looks into death’s abyss, Melissa Lucashenko on ‘white man’s fantasy’, and why we need the tooth fairy

Guardian Australia’s weekend wrap of essential reads from the past seven days, selected by Imogen Dewey

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George Eliot is best known for Middlemarch, but she also wrote an early work of science fiction

George Eliot – the pen name of Victorian novelist Mary Ann Evans – is celebrated today as a writer of realist novels: Adam Bede (1859), The Mill on the Floss (1860), Middlemarch (1871) and Daniel Deronda (1876).

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Bird Grove review – George Eliot’s true story embellished in a tender drama

Elizabeth Dulau is terrific in Alexi Kaye Campbell’s new play as the young woman set to become a daring pioneer in fiction and real life

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Bird Grove at Hampstead Theatre review: Elizabeth Dulau is the only saving grace here

2/5 The Andor actress shines in this ponderous play about a young George Eliot

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I wrote a BBC drama about hope in a ‘left-behind’ town – but Britain changed faster than I could script it

The aspiration to write a “state-of-the-nation” drama is the great white whale of political writing. Take the work of legendary German playwright Bertolt Brecht. Exiled by Hitler to Scandinavia in 1933, he attempted to capture life in his homeland from anecdotes and verbatim accounts. The result, his state-of-the-nation play Fear…

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A hidden life in the era of social media can still change history, as the story of Jesus shows

I see in Christmas an invitation to see differently: God in the social outcast, life on the margins reimagined as the centre of gravity

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Solo travellers are set to get their own cruise ship

MS George Eliot will take independent passengers on iconic river routes through Europe

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Transcendence for Beginners by Clare Carlisle review – a philosopher’s guide to enlightenment

Can we experience something bigger than ourselves in the midst of busy, humdrum lives?

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I Found And Compiled 27 Interesting Facts From Literature History

Authors are a special group of people, almost living in a world of their own, always on the hunt for inspiration. That being said, here are 28 highly interesting tidbits from the history of literature that I collected.

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40 Times People Read A Book And Were In Awe

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How to change the world? Good grows out of unhistoric acts

Letters: Those looking for inspiration on how to be a better person should look to the novel Middlemarch, writes Andrea Dow, while Bruce Higgins reflects on his rewarding charity work

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Why you should revisit the classics, even if you were turned off them at school

Throughout my school years I had an exuberant, elderly piano teacher, Miss Hazel. She was one of five daughters (like me) and, like many young women of her generation, had never married her sweetheart because he did not return from the war.

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