Mary Anne Evans (1819 - 1880), known by her pen name George Eliot, is the Victorian author of seven novels, most of them set in provincial England and known for their realism and psychological insight. Her plots are immaculate, every page advances the story, the characters are utterly believable and she continues to surprise the reader throughout the novels. This volume contains the first four novels: Adam Bede, 1859; The Mill on the Floss, 1860; Silas Marner, 1861; Romola, 1863.