Publisher's Synopsis
George Eliot was a prominent English author during the Victorian Era. Born Mary Ann Evans, she chose to change her name to George Eliot so that her works would gain more attention. Eliot would go on to write many classics such as The Mill on the Floss, Silar Marner, Middlemarch, and Daniel Deronda. The Lifted Veil is a novella which explores topics such as life after death and the power of fate.