George Eliot: A Scandalous Life
4.0
5 votes
2002
1h 0m
TV Movie
Documentary
Overview
Born Mary Ann Evans in 1819, the novelist George Eliot was a woman ahead of her time: a proud and determined individual who continually broke the sexual, religious and social rules of Victorian society. George Eliot: A Scandalous Life explores how the scandals and rumours that plagued her life, never defeated her will or her literary genius; and how, against all odds, she went on to write some of the world's greatest novels including Middlemarch, The Mill on the Floss, and Silas Marner.
Directed by Mary Downes
Top cast
Maureen Lipman
Narrator
Harriet Walter
Mary Ann Evans / George Eliot
John Sessions
George Henry Lewes
James Wilby
Herbert Spencer
David Walliams
John Chapman
Barbara Leigh-Hunt
Gossip
David Bamber
Gossip
Janine Duvitski
Gossip
Michael Culkin
Liggins Conspirator
Felicity Dean
Edith Simcox
Richard Dillane
John CrossT
Trevor Ray
D'Albert DuradeG
Glynn Williams
Thornie
Adrian Schiller
ManDetails
Status
Released
Release date
November 1, 2002
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Language
English
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