A Woman of Contradictions: The Life of George Eliot - 1st US Edition/1st Printing
by Taylor, Ina
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0688094058
- ISBN 13
- 9780688094058
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New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc.. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1990. 1st US Edition; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. 0688094058 . A first American edition/first printing in Near Fine condition with little edgewear in a mildly scuffed Very Good+ dust-jacket; George Eliot was one of the most accomplished women of her time, yet she led a life full of contradiction. She was a radical feminist and a devout Christian, and she wrote some of the most scathingly critical reviews of books ever written. She was a recluse who traveled extensively and was friends with many of the great minds of her era. She was a mother and a wife, and she spent her life caring for her family and her home. Ina Taylor tells the full and complicated story of this remarkable woman, revealing the secrets behind her many contradictions and revealing the ways in which she was a pioneer in her time.; 8vo ; 255 pages; TBC; .
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- Bookseller
- Books Tell You Why, Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 52934
- Title
- A Woman of Contradictions: The Life of George Eliot - 1st US Edition/1st Printing
- Author
- Taylor, Ina
- Format/Binding
- 1/4 Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Edition
- 1st US Edition; First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0688094058
- ISBN 13
- 9780688094058
- Publisher
- William Morrow and Company, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1990
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