The Inner Life of George Eliot
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Published: May 30, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9781417937097
Subjects: Biography: general; Biography & Autobiography; Biography / Autobiography; Biography/Autobiography; Literary; Women
First sentence: "A HUMAN life, I think, should be well rooted in some spot of a native land, where it may get the love of tender kinship for the face of earth, for the labours men go forth to, for the sounds and accents that haunt it, for whatever will give that early home a familiar unmistakable difference amidst the future widening of knowledge: a spot where the definiteness of early memories may be inwrought with affection, and kindly acquaintance with all neighbours even to the dogs and donkeys, may spread not by sentimental effort and reflection, but as a sweet habit of the blood."