Births, Deaths, Marriages and Obituaries

Title

Births, Deaths, Marriages and Obituaries

Description

  • Compares the sadness and loss of the brilliance of George Eliot (upon her death) to the death of another literary prodigy, William Makepeace Thackeray, seventeen years prior to the death of George Eliot. Both died during the Christmas season. The article then goes on to give a short biography of George Eliot's life along with an examination of a few of her works.
  • Periodical Article

Creator

Unknown

Source

[Unknown]. "Births, Deaths, Marriages and Obituaries." Freeman's Journal, 24 Dec. 1880, p. 6.

Publisher

George Eliot Archive, edited by Beverley Park Rilett. https://GeorgeEliotArchive.org

Date

1880-12-24

Citation

Unknown, Births, Deaths, Marriages and Obituaries, Contemporaries on George Eliot's Life, George Eliot Archive, edited by Beverley Park Rilett. https://GeorgeEliotArchive.org, Accessed September 7, 2026. https://georgeeliotarchive.org/items/show/55342