George Eliot | Novels That Shaped Our World

An introduction to 'Middlemarch' by George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans) and a discussion of why women authors have so often used pseudonyms.

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Clip Info
  • Clip length: 2'25''
  • Broadcast year: 2019
Curriculum Connection
  • English Literature | 19th-century texts | Middlemarch by George Eliot | Form, structure and language
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  • Provider: BBC
  • Channel: BBC Two
  • Programme: Novels That Shaped Our World
  • Series: 1
  • Episode: A Woman's Place
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