George Eliot’s Second School

George Eliot’s second school was Miss Lathom’s boarding school at Attleborough, Warwickshire, where Eliot was sent at age five along with her sister, who would have been ten.

Mottram, Allan P. and Vernon H. Mottram. “George Eliot’s Second School.” The True Story of George Eliot: Chicago, A. C. McClurg & Co., 1906.

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Mottram, Allan P. and Vernon H. Mottram, George Eliot’s Second School, Images of George Eliot's England, George Eliot Archive, edited by Beverley Park Rilett. https://GeorgeEliotArchive.org, Accessed September 7, 2026. https://georgeeliotarchive.org/items/show/2813