乔治·爱略特(George Eliot,1819—1880)是19世纪英国最重要的现实主义作家之一。她的小说由于再现了英国工业化过程中出现的断裂和困惑,历来备受评论界关注。百余年来,批评家或着重分析爱略特的思想源流、人际关系和创作过程,或通过伦理、女性、精神 George Eliot (1819-1880) was one of the most important realist writers in Britain in the nineteenth century. Her novel has always been much watched by the critics for her reproduction of the break-up and confusion in the process of industrialization in the United Kingdom. For more than a century, critics have focused on analyzing Eliot’s origins, relationships and creative processes, or through ethics, women, and spirits