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B LUE P LAQUE AT B ROOK B ANK , S HOTTERMILL R OAD , H ASLEMERE G EORGE E LIOT A LIAS M ARION E VANS who created much of her great novel Middlemarch at Brookbank during the summer of 1871. Other Victorian literary stars such as Tennyson, Dante Gabriel, William and Christina Rossetti also visited and wrote at ‘ this queer little cottage’

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Page 1: 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

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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