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1、46THEMILLONTHEFLOSSSPARKNOTESContextGeorgeEliotwasthemalepseudonymofMaryAnnEvans(shewouldlatercallherselfMarian),bornonNovember22,1819atArburyFarminWarwickshire.Herfather,RobertEvans,wasanoverseerattheArburyHallestate,andEliotkepthouseforhimafterhermotherdi
2、edin1836. TheMillontheFloss involvesmanyautobiographicaldetails,anditreflectsEliot'sclosechildhoodrelationshipswithherfatherandherolderbrotherIsaac.EliotwassenttoschoolasachildandattheageoffifteenandunderwentaspiritualconversiontoEvangelicism,similartoMaggi
3、eTulliver'spiousconversionuponreadingThomasaKempisinBookIVofTheMillontheFloss.In1841,EliotandherfathermovedclosertothetownofCoventry,whichwasatthattimeacentreofradicalthought.EliotmadefriendswithagroupofCoventryintellectuals,mainlymembersoftheBrayfamily,and
4、beganreadingsuchworksas AnEnquiryintotheOriginsofChristianity. EliotsoongaveupherEvangelicisminfavourofanon-sectarianspiritualitybasedonasenseofcommonhumanity.SherefusedtoattendchurchwithherfatherandbeganworkonatranslationfromGermanof LifeofJesus, arational
5、istre-examinationofsomeBiblesections. LifeofJesus waspublishedin1846,andonthestrengthofthataccomplishment,EliotmovedtoLondonafterherfather'sdeath.InLondon,EliotbecametheassistanteditorofJohnChapman's WestminsterReview andcameintoclosecontactwiththeleadingin
6、tellectualsofthetime,suchasHerbertSpencer,JohnStuartMill,andHarrietMartineau.In1852,EliotmetandbecameclosetoGeorgeHenryLewes,awriterandaneditorof TheLeader.eweswaslivingapartfromhiswife,andEliot'sdecisiontoaccompanyLewestoGermany,livingasacouple,provokedade
7、greeofscandalinLondon.Inparticular,EliotsacrificedherrelationshipwithherbrotherIsaac,andshedepictedthepainofhisdisapprovalin TheMillontheFloss inTom'sdisapprovalofMaggie'srelationshipswithPhilipandStephen.EliotandLeweslivedtogether,consideringthemselvesvirt
8、uallymarrieduntilhisdeathin1878.WiththeencouragementofLewes,Eliotbeganwritingfiction.ScenesofClericalLife waspublishedin1856. AdamBede (1859),herfirstfullnovel,wasmetwithcriticalacclaim,andthepublicbeg
