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Family and Intimate relationships | George Eliot | Chrissey
, elder sister of Marian Lewes (or GE
), died of consumption, aged forty-five; since Isaac Evans
had embargoed correspondence, Marian had not known until the previous month that her sister was ill. Ashton, Rosemary. George Eliot: A Life. Hamish Hamilton, 1996. 184 Haight, Gordon S. George Eliot: A Biography. Oxford University Press, 1968. 277 |
Family and Intimate relationships | George Eliot | Her elder sister, Christiana or Chrissey Evans
, born in 1814, was an important figure in her life, who often needed financial and emotional support when they were adults. Karl, Frederick R. George Eliot: Voice of a Century. W.W. Norton, 1995. 12-13 |
Family and Intimate relationships | George Eliot | Fifteen years later when Chrissey
's husband died, GE
visited to help plan her sister's future. Her brother was indignant when she then went back to London, taking as her priority the earning of money... |
Occupation | George Eliot | Chrissey Evans
, elder sister of Mary Ann Evans (later GE
) got married, leaving Mary Ann with the responsibility of housekeeping for her father and brother. Karl, Frederick R. George Eliot: Voice of a Century. W.W. Norton, 1995. 33 Ashton, Rosemary. George Eliot: A Life. Hamish Hamilton, 1996. 24 |
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