Episode 2
George Eliot's real life explored through five of her fictional characters
Kathryn Hughes hears from Sarah Moss and biographer Philip Davis about Dorothea from Middlemarch
George Eliot - notable among Victorian novelists not only for her books but also for her personal life-story - explored through five of her fictional characters
2.Dorothea Brooke
It's sometimes said that George Eliot never wrote an autobiography because she had written her own life into her key characters.
Presenter Kathryn Hughes hears from contemporary writer Tessa Hadley and recent Eliot biographer Philip Davis about Dorothea Brooke from Middlemarch. Does the morally serious young woman, desperate to make a serious contribution in small-town life and beyond, represent the feelings of the young Eliot herself?
With readings from the novel by Juliet Stevenson
Producer: Beaty Rubens
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- Tue 19 Nov 2019 09:45Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 FM
- Wed 20 Nov 2019 00:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4