The mother
of Mary Anne Evans (later GE
) died of cancer after prolonged and terrible pain. Her youngest daughter had been home from boarding school and helping to nurse her for a matter of weeks.
Ashton, Rosemary. George Eliot: A Life. Hamish Hamilton.
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Family and Intimate relationships
George Eliot
GE
's mother, Christiana Pearson
, was her husband's second wife. His first (born Harriet Poynton) had died in 1809. GE
says very little about her mother, who remains a shadowy figure. She developed breast...