Translations by George Eliot Sort by: TitleDate Published The Life of Jesus, Critically Examined. Translated by Marian Evans (1846) David Friedrich Strauss George Eliot (trans) 1846 The Essence of Christianity, Translated by Marian Evans (1854) Ludwig Feuerbach George Eliot (trans.) 1854 The Ethics of Benedict de Spinoza. Translated by Marian Evans (1856) Benedict de Spinoza George Eliot (trans) 1856 Output Formats atom, dcmes-xml, json, omeka-xml, rss2