喬治·艾略特（1819-1880）是英國最偉大的小說傢之一，她真名叫瑪麗·安·埃文斯。她生前就以小說創作而著名，主要作品包括《織工馬南》、《米德爾馬奇》和《弗羅斯河上的磨坊》。

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A young orphan transforms the life of a lonely, embittered man in this novel about faith and society set in nineteenth-century rural England.

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&#149 Detailed explanatory notes

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&#149 A list of recommended related books and films to broaden the reader's experience

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