Synopsis
Marian Evans became world famous in 1859 at the age of 39 as George Eliot, the author of ''Adam Bede''. Film shows what happened to the girl from Nuneaton before she became a great novelist.
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In Our Time | Silas Marner
Melvyn Bragg and guests Rosemary Ashton, Dinah Birch and Valentine Cunningham discuss George Eliot's 1861 novel Silas Marner.
George Eliot: A Life in Five Characters | 4: Silas Marner
George Eliot's real life explored through five of her fictional characters. Kathryn Hughes hears from writer David Constantine and biographer Philip Davis about Silas Marner.