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BLUEPLAQUEATBROOKBANK,SHOTTERMILLROAD,HASLEMERE

GEORGEELIOT

A L I A S M A R I O N E V A N S

whocreatedmuchofhergreatnovelMiddlemarch

atBrookbankduringthesummerof1871.

OtherVictorianliterarystarssuchas

Tennyson,DanteGabriel,WilliamandChristinaRossetti

alsovisitedandwroteat‘thisqueerlittlecottage’

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Brookbank

Brookbankwasoriginallyafarmcottageofsimpleconstruction.Builtin1730thefrontofthehousehas

traditionalironstonewallstowardoffevilspirits.

Itwasonlyupgradedformiddleclassresidencewiththecomingoftherailwaysin1860s.Theformersfroma

nearbyrailwaybridgewereusedtoextendthebackofthehousemakingforahigharchedceilingwhichisan

unusualconstructionandfeature.Tohelpkeeptheheatinthehouse,thebackwallhaslargetapestryhooks

placeduphigh.

Thetwocolourfulstainedglassbaywindowsinthemainroomandthecolouredarchwindowonthestairs

wereaddedatthistimetoo.ThetwodownstairsfireplacesaredocumentedascomingfromtheCarltonHotel

andwereaddedlateinthe19thcentury.

Thehousewasdividedintotworesidenciesinthe1960’sandmostoftheoriginalfeatureswereretained.

BrookbankisgradeIIlistedforitshistoricandartisticinterest.

WillandMelanierecentlyextendedthekitchenatthebackofthehouseandaddedarefurbishedsteel

windowandputinareinforcedglassfloorbeneaththearchwindowtobringinsomemorelight.

GeorgeEliot

MaryAnn(Marian)EvansbetterknownbyherpennameGeorgeEliot,wasoneoftheleadingwritersoftheVictorianera.

Hernovels,largelysetinprovincialEngland,arewellknownfortheirrealismandpsychologicalperspicacity.

Sheusedamalepenname,shesaid,toensurethatherworksweretakenseriously.Femaleauthorspublishedfreelyunder

theirownnames,butEliotwantedtoensurethatshewasnotseenasmerelyawriterofromances.Anadditionalfactor

mayhavebeenadesiretoshieldherprivatelifefrompublicscrutinyandtopreventscandalsattendingherrelationship

withthemarriedGeorgeHenryLewes.

Herfirstcompletenovel,publishedin1859,wasAdamBedeandwasaninstantsuccess,butitpromptedanintense

interestinwhothisnewauthormightbe,andtherewasevenapretendertotheauthorship,oneJosephLiggins.

Intheend,therealGeorgeEliotsteppedforward:MarianEvansLewesadmittedshewastheauthor.Therevelationsabout

Eliot'sprivatelifesurprisedandshockedmanyofheradmiringreaders,butthisapparentlydidnotaffectherpopularityas

anovelist.

GeorgeEliotatBrookbankCottageMaryAnn(Marian)EvansbetterknownbyherpennameGeorgeEliot,wasoneoftheleadingwritersoftheVictorianera.

Hernovels,largelysetinprovincialEngland,arewellknownfortheirrealismandpsychologicalperspicacity.

Sheusedamalepenname,shesaid,toensurethatherworksweretakenseriously.Femaleauthorspublishedfreelyunder

Page 3: BLUE PLAQUE AT BROOK BANK SHOTTERMILL ROAD H€¦ · Eliot's private life surprised and shocked many of her admiring readers, but this apparently did not affect her popularity as

theirownnames,butEliotwantedtoensurethatshewasnotseenasmerelyawriterofromances.Anadditionalfactor

mayhavebeenadesiretoshieldherprivatelifefrompublicscrutinyandtopreventscandalsattendingherrelationship

withthemarriedGeorgeHenryLewes.

Herfirstcompletenovel,publishedin1859,wasAdamBedeandwasaninstantsuccess,butitpromptedanintense

interestinwhothisnewauthormightbe,andtherewasevenapretendertotheauthorship,oneJosephLiggins.

Intheend,therealGeorgeEliotsteppedforward:MarianEvansLewesadmittedshewastheauthor.Therevelationsabout

Eliot'sprivatelifesurprisedandshockedmanyofheradmiringreaders,butthisapparentlydidnotaffectherpopularityas

anovelist.


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