George Eliot: A Scandalous Life (2002)

November. 01,2002

7.7

| Documentary TV Movie

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.

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Cast

Maureen Lipman as Narrator

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Harriet Walter as Mary Ann Evans / George Eliot

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John Sessions as George Henry Lewes

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Reviews

Acensbart

2002/11/01

Excellent but underrated film

Freaktana

2002/11/02

A Major Disappointment

Portia Hilton

2002/11/03

Blistering performances.

Sarita Rafferty

2002/11/04

There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.