
George Eliot: A Scandalous Life
Born Mary Ann Evans in 1819, the novelist George Eliot was a woman ahead of her time: a proud and determined individual who continually broke the sexual, religious and social rules of Victorian society. George Eliot: A Scandalous Life explores how the scandals and rumours that plagued her life, never defeated her will or her literary genius; and how, against all odds, she went on to write some of the world's greatest novels including Middlemarch, The Mill on the Floss, and Silas Marner.
TV MovieDocumentary
George Eliot: A Scandalous Life
Rating
3.0/10
Release Date
2002-11-01
Runtime
60 minutes
Status
Released
Cast

Maureen Lipman
Narrator

Harriet Walter
Mary Ann Evans / George Eliot

John Sessions
George Henry Lewes

James Wilby
Herbert Spencer

David Walliams
John Chapman

Barbara Leigh-Hunt
Gossip

David Bamber
Gossip

Janine Duvitski
Gossip

Michael Culkin
Liggins Conspirator

Felicity Dean
Edith Simcox

Richard Dillane
John Cross

Trevor Ray
D'Albert Durade
Production Companies

BBC