ABSTRACT

George Eliot (1819-80) is one of the most widely-read of the 19th-century novelists and story-writers. "Impressions of Theophrastus Such" appeared in 1879, Eliot's last completed work. It consists of 18 short essays narrated by a middle-aged bachelor, Theophrastus.

chapter I|11 pages

Looking Inward

chapter II|14 pages

Looking Backward

chapter III|13 pages

How We Encourage Research

chapter IV|8 pages

A Man Surprised at His Originality

chapter V|7 pages

A Too Deferential Man

chapter VI|7 pages

Only Temper

chapter VII|4 pages

A Political Molecule

chapter VIII|7 pages

The Watch-Dog of Knowledge 1

chapter IX|7 pages

A Half-Breed

chapter X|7 pages

Debasing the Moral Currency 1

chapter XI|11 pages

The Wasp Credited with the Honeycomb 1

chapter XII|5 pages

‘So Young!’

chapter XIV|8 pages

The Too Ready Writer

chapter XV|9 pages

Diseases of Small Authorship

chapter XVI|8 pages

Moral Swindlers

chapter XVII|6 pages

Shadows of the Coming Race 1

chapter XVIII|23 pages

The Modern Hep! Hep! Hep! 1