A Times Telegraph TLS and Prospect Book of the YearWinner of the 2024 PEN Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for BiographyThe best book Ive read on George Eliot John Carey Sunday TimesAn exceptional new biography that shows how George Eliot wrestled with the question of marriage in art and lifeWhen she was in her midthirties Marian Evans transformed herself into George Eliot an author celebrated for her genius as soon as she published her debut novel. During those years she also found her life partner George Lewes writer philosopher and married father of three. After eloping to Berlin in 1854 they lived together for twentyfour years Eliot asked people to call her Mrs Lewes and dedicated each novel to her Husband.