Fiction by George Eliot

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The George Eliot Archive provides digital versions of George Eliot’s fiction from the 1878 Cabinet Edition of George Eliot’s Works and most of the first editions. Page images preserve the appearance of the original publications and provide page numbers for citation. The first editions and the Cabinet Edition allow readers to study Eliot’s revisions.

The Cabinet Edition

Published by William Blackwood and Sons in 1878, the Cabinet Edition was the last collection of Eliot’s works published during her lifetime. She personally oversaw the revisions, ensuring that these texts represent her final, authoritative vision. As such, the Cabinet Edition has become the scholarly standard for citing Eliot’s works and remains the most reliable source for accurate quotations.

The George Eliot Archive has made the Cabinet Edition freely available online since our launch in 2019. The texts are searchable and downloadable. The Cabinet Edition files provide the textual basis for the TEI-encoded XML files available through the George Eliot Text Explorer and the George Eliot Archive GitHub repository.

The George Eliot Text Explorer supports searches across Eliot’s publications for words, phrases, people, and places. The tool provides a reliable way to verify quotations from Eliot's works.

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George Eliot’s Fiction

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Eliot, George. Adam Bede. Vols. 1, 2, and 3. London and Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1859.

Eliot, George. Adam Bede, Vols. 1 and 2. London and Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1878. Cabinet Edition.

Eliot, George. "Brother Jacob." Cornhill Magazine, vol. 10, 1864 (July-December), p. 1-82.

Eliot, George. Brother Jacob. London and Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1878, Cabinet Edition.

Eliot, George. Daniel Deronda. Vols. 1-4. London and Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1876.

Eliot, George. Daniel Deronda. London and Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1878. Cabinet Edition.

Eliot, George. Felix Holt, the Radical. London and Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1878. Cabinet Edition.

Eliot, George. Felix Holt: The Radical. Vols. 1, 2, and 3. London and Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1866.

Eliot, George. Impressions of Theophrastus Such. London and Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1879. Cabinet Edition.

Eliot, George. Impressions of Theophrastus Such. London and Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1879.

Eliot, George. "Janet's Repentance." Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, vol. 82, July-December 1857, pp. 55-76, 189-206, 329-344, 457-473, 519-541.

Eliot, George. "Janet's Repentance." From the Cabinet Edition of Scenes of Clerical Life, Vol. 2. London and Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1878, pp. 39-317.

Eliot, George. Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life. Vols. 1-4. London and Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1871-2.

Eliot, George. Middlemarch. London and Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1878. Cabinet Edition.

Eliot, George. "Mr. Gilfil's Love Story." Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, vol. 81, 1857 (January-June), p. 319-334, 416-434, 521-539, 685-702.

Eliot, George. "Mr. Gilfil's Love Story." From the Cabinet Edition of Scenes of Clerical Life, Vols. 1 and 2. London and Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1878, 1: 125-300, 2: 1-38.

Eliot, George. Romola. Vols. 1, 2, and 3. London and Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1863.

Eliot, George. Romola. London and Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1878. Cabinet Edition.

Eliot, George. Scenes of Clerical Life. Vols. 1 and 2. London and Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1858.

Eliot, George. Scenes of Clerical Life. London and Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1878. Cabinet Edition.

Eliot, George. Silas Marner. London and Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1861.

Eliot, George. Silas Marner. London and Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1878. Cabinet Edition.

Eliot, George. "The Lifted Veil." The Works of George Eliot, Vol. 2. London and Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1878, p. 275-342. Cabinet Edition.

Eliot, George. "The Lifted Veil." Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, vol. 86, 1859 (July-December), p. 24-47.

Eliot, George. The Mill on the Floss. Vols. 1, 2, and 3. London and Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1860.

Eliot, George. The Mill on the Floss. London and Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1878. Cabinet Edition.

Eliot, George. "The Sad Fortunes of the Rev. Amos Barton." Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, vol. 81, 1857 (January-June), p. 1-22, 153-172.

Eliot, George. "The Sad Fortunes of the Reverend Amos Barton." From the Cabinet Edition of <>Scenes of Clerical Life, Vol. 1. London and Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1878, pp. 1-124.