Ashton, Rosemary. G. H. Lewes: A Life. Clarendon Press.
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George Henry Lewes
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Standard Name: Lewes, George Henry
Used Form: G. H. Lewes
At GHL
's death in 1878, Anthony Trollope
praised him as journalist, editor, critic, philosophical populariser, biographer, and scientific writer.
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Textual Production | George Eliot | GE
's historical novel Romola appeared serially in the Cornhill Magazine, with illustrations by Frederic Leighton
. Her partner G. H. Lewes
had just accepted, upon the departure of Thackeray
as editor in March... |
| Textual Production | George Eliot | Its appearance had been delayed by the death of Lewes
. It sold 6,000 copies within four months, 15,000 within two years. Haight, Gordon S. George Eliot: A Biography. Oxford University Press. 530 |
| Textual Production | John Oliver Hobbes | JOH
was also responsible for the George Eliot
entry in the famous tenth edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica, published in 1902. Written under the title Cross, Mary Ann, this is a somewhat idiosyncratic... |
| Textual Production | George Eliot | When G. H. Lewes
became editor of the Fortnightly Review, GE
contributed to the first issue, 15 May 1865, with a review entitled The Influence of Rationalism (on a recent book by William Lecky |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Sophie Veitch | George Eliot reviews the recently published collection by Eliot's widower, J. W. Cross
(George Eliot's Life as Related in her Letters and Journals) and a biography by F. W. H. Myers
, but... |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Jane Hume Clapperton | JHC
also writes approvingly of free love, particularly George Eliot
's decision to join in domestic partnership with George Henry Lewes
. Eliot's decision, she says, was clearly motivated by Lewes's legal inability to obtain... |
| Travel | George Eliot | George Henry Lewes
and Marian Lewes moved on from Weimar to Berlin, where they stayed until March 1855. Ashton, Rosemary. George Eliot: A Life. Hamish Hamilton. 128 Haight, Gordon S. George Eliot: A Biography. Oxford University Press. 169-74 |
| Travel | Charlotte Brontë | CB
also had a confrontation with George Henry Lewes
. She attended the House of Commons
, the Chapel Royal
, where she saw her hero the Duke of Wellington
, and a meeting of... |
| Travel | Matilda Betham-Edwards | MBE
spent a week with George Eliot
, George Henry Lewes
, and Barbara Bodichon
at an old rectory at Swanmore in the Isle of Wight, which Bodichon had rented for a Christmas holiday. Betham-Edwards, Matilda. Reminiscences. G. Redway, p. vi, 354 pp. 250-1 |
| Travel | Henry James | HJ
travelled in England and Europe. While in England he introduced himself to some of the most important writers of the day, including George Eliot
, George Henry Lewes
, and Charles Darwin
. Tóibín, Colm. “A Man with My Trouble”. London Review of Books, pp. 15-18. 16 Parker, Peter, editor. The Reader’s Companion to Twentieth-Century Writers. Fourth Estate and Helicon. 365 Gale, Robert L. A Henry James Encyclopedia. Greenwood. xix |
| Wealth and Poverty | George Eliot | GE
spent £5,000 establishing, with the help of Henry Sidgwick
and Michael Foster
, a three-year studentship in physiology at Cambridge
in memory of Lewes
, open equally to men and women. Ashton, Rosemary. George Eliot: A Life. Hamish Hamilton. 367 Haight, Gordon S. George Eliot: A Biography. Oxford University Press. 522 |
| Wealth and Poverty | George Eliot | GE
's income, once she began to write, quickly grew, in part because his experience in publishing made Lewes
a canny negotiator and strategist on her behalf in a context of variable publishing formats. In... |
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