I've started a biography of George Eliot by Kathryn Hughes, who wrote the book on Mrs Beeton that I've liked so well.
So, having started the thus far fascinating bio, I went looking for more of her novels. I've only read Middlemarch and felt like I needed to read Silar Marner, Adam Bede, Mill on the Floss, Romola, Felix Holt, and/or Daniel Deronda to appreciate fully the allusions and references.
I went to the local bookstore today and searched the literature shelves. Stymied, I asked the owner where the George Eliot novels were.
"I don't think I have any books by him. They don't read him in school."
Oh, dear.
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