Robert Evans
, father of Mary Ann Evans (later GE
), died after a long illness through which she nursed him faithfully.
Karl, Frederick R. George Eliot: Voice of a Century. W.W. Norton, 1995.
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Family and Intimate relationships
George Eliot
Her father, Robert Evans
, was the fourth son of a Derbyshire carpenter. GE
's grandfather laboured with his hands but was self-employed. Robert, also a carpenter by training, became an estate agent: a manager...
Residence
George Eliot
Mary Ann Evans (later GE
) moved to Foleshill just outside Coventry to prepare for her father
's arrival two days later; they left Griff House near Nuneaton to her brother, who was getting married.
Hands, Timothy. A George Eliot Chronology. G. K. Hall, 1989.
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Ashton, Rosemary. George Eliot: A Life. Hamish Hamilton, 1996.
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Travel
George Eliot
In the wake of her father
's death, Mary Ann Evans (later GE
) sailed from Folkestone to Calais, en route for a tour of Europe with her friends the Brays.
Ashton, Rosemary. George Eliot: A Life. Hamish Hamilton, 1996.
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Hands, Timothy. A George Eliot Chronology. G. K. Hall, 1989.
