Impressions of Theophrastus Such - Paperback

by George Eliot (Author), Henry M. Wallace (Introduction by)

Impressions of Theophrastus Such is the last and perhaps the most personal book written by George Eliot. An unconventional counterpart and an edifying conclusion to her novels, it illustrates and interprets the moral history of her times.

Part autobiography, part satire, part social analysis, Impressions takes a hard look at all classes and professions, with a special place reserved to authors. Eliot's gaze moves from a peaceful, rural England in the first chapters to England as a ruthless colonising power in the last. Written by one of the sharpest minds of the nineteenth century, this is the perfect introduction to the intellectual life of Victorian England.

This is the first contemporary scholarly edition of the book. It is a tribute to Eliot's writing and a literary rescue operation.

Author Biography

George Eliot (born Mary Ann Evans in 1819) is one of the greatest writers of the English language. Her best-known works are Middlemarch, Adam Bede, Silas Marner.