The Ethics of George Eliot's Works

The Ethics of George Eliot's Works, by John Crombie Brown
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Title: The Ethics of George Eliot's Works
Author: John Crombie Brown
Release Date: November 28, 2005 Language: English
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Transcribed from the 1884 William Blackwood and Sons edition by David Price, email ccx074@coventry.ac.uk
THE ETHICS OF GEORGE ELIOT’S WORKS
BY THE LATE JOHN CROMBIE BROWN FOURTH EDITION WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS EDINBURGH AND LONDON MDCCCLXXXIV
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PREFACE.
p. v
The greater part of the following Essay was written several years ago. It was too long for any of the periodicals to which the author had been in the habit of occasionally contributing, and no thought was then entertained of publishing it in a separate form. One day, however, during his last illness, the talk happened to turn on George Eliot’s Works, and he mentioned his long-forgotten paper. One of the friends then present—a competent critic and high literary authority —expressed a wish to see it, and his opinion was so favourable that its ...