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George Eliot, fanficcer
Jan. 13th, 2011 05:26 pmDepartment of cool stories from Loti's seminars:
Apparently, in 1827, someone lent Marianne Evans' sister a copy of Scott's Waverly, which had to be returned before Marianne - who would've been, what, eight? - had been able to finish it. According to Edith Simcox, Marianne proceeded to write out the story for herself. (The book I need for the exact citation on this is out of the library, and as I'm just tickled I don't want to recall it. It's in Simcox's "George Eliot: Her Life and Works" in Nineteenth Century, anyway.) There seems to be some debate on whether Marianne was writing out what she could remember, or if she was finishing the story herself. I'm inclined to hope for the latter - and to wish that I could read what she wrote!
Apparently, in 1827, someone lent Marianne Evans' sister a copy of Scott's Waverly, which had to be returned before Marianne - who would've been, what, eight? - had been able to finish it. According to Edith Simcox, Marianne proceeded to write out the story for herself. (The book I need for the exact citation on this is out of the library, and as I'm just tickled I don't want to recall it. It's in Simcox's "George Eliot: Her Life and Works" in Nineteenth Century, anyway.) There seems to be some debate on whether Marianne was writing out what she could remember, or if she was finishing the story herself. I'm inclined to hope for the latter - and to wish that I could read what she wrote!