Faucit, Helen (1817-1898)

Helen Faucit was an actress George Eliot valued and eventually became acquainted with. Faucit performed for approximately forty years. She married Theodore Martin in 1851. Martin was a journalist friend of George Henry Lewes, and it is through this connection that Eliot became friends with Faucit.

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