The Wisdom of George Eliot

The Philosophical Library presents the most important thinkers through the ages and their most influential writings THE WISDOM OF GEORGE ELIOT “No soul is desolate as long as there is a human being for whom it can feel trust and reverence.” — Romola Virginia Woolf once hailed George Eliot’s masterpiece, Middlemarch , as “one of the few English novels written for grown-up people.” Certainly, Eliot was one of the greatest Victorian novelists, and her celebrated works include such classics as Mill