The middle age of Mrs. Eliot
By: Angus Wilson.
Edition: 1st St. Martin's Griffin ed.
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Published: 1997
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 348
Subjects: Middle-aged women -- Fiction.; Widows -- Fiction.; England -- Fiction.
Genres: Fiction.
Description: Meg Eliot is perhaps one of the most remarkable portraits of a middle-aged woman in English literature. She boldly debunked the dismal array of stereotypical, female characters of her day and succeeded in forging a life and role for herself beyond her fictional predecessors, influencing a generation of female readers.

First published in 1958, The Middle Age of Mrs Eliot is the story of a barrister's wife who harbors a great deal of guilt over the privileged life she leads. To assuage this guilt, she occupies her time with charity committees and helping those less fortunate. However, she is forced to confront her own misfortune when she is shockingly and suddenly widowed. Learning slowly to draw on her own strenth and self-worth, Mrs Meg Eliot begins to remake herself as a woman on her own.

The Middle Age of Mrs Eliot is a supremely sensitive portrayal of human perseverance and feminine determination.
Notes: Originally published: London : Secker & Warburg, 1958.