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Author’sNote
AllreferencestoGeorgeEliot’snovelsandstoriesinmystudy,
exceptwhereindicatedotherwiseinthebibliography,aretothe
mostrecentOxfordWorldClassicseditions.Wherethetitleofthe
workfromwhichIquoteisevidentfromthecontext,references
onlygivethepagenumbers.Inthecaseswheresuchpractice
mightleadtoambiguity,Iusethefollowingabbreviationsofthe
titles:
AB
DD
FH
LV
M
MF
R
SCLScenesofClericalLife
AdamBede
DanielDeronda
FelixHolt,theRadical
HTheLiftedVeil”
Middlemarch
TheMillontheFloss
Romola
Inordertoavoidconfusion,IrefrainfromusingGeorge
Eliot’srealname(orindeed,names,asinthecourseofherlife
shesignedherselfasMaryAnnEvans,MarianEvans,Marian
EvansLewesandMaryAnnCross).Normally,thepseudonym
HGeorgeEliot”shouldonlybeusedtorefertoherpersonaas
anovelist,andanappropriatevariantofherrealnameshouldbe
usedwhendiscussing,forexample,herprivatecorrespondence.
Intheinterestofclarity,Idecidedtorefertotheauthoras
HGeorgeEliot”alsoinprivatecontexts.WhileIamawarethat,
asHGeorgeEliot”isapseudonym,theproperstyleofreference
requiresusingthefullname,andnevertheisolatedsurname;
IhavedecidedtorefertothewriteralsoasHEliot”inorderto
ensurestylisticvarietyandconciseness.
