The Lifted Veil

The Lifted Veil

The Lifted Veil is a novella by George Eliot, first published in 1859. Quite unlike the realistic fiction for which Eliot is best known, The Lifted Veil explores themes of extrasensory perception, the essence of physical life, possible life after death, and the power of fate. The novella is a significant part of the Victorian tradition of horror fiction, which includes such other examples as Mary Shelley's Frankenstein , Robert Louis Stevenson's The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde , and Bram Stoker's Dracula . The narrator, Latimer , is gifted or cursed with an otherworldly ability to...
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Author:George Eliot
Genre:Novella
Year published:1859
Number of editions:4

Author of The Lifted Veil

George Eliot
George Eliot
November 22, 1819 - December 22, 1880
Birthplace:Nuneaton

Mary Anne Evans , better known by her pen name George Eliot, was an English novelist, journalist and translator, and one of the leading writers of the Victorian era. She is the author of seven novels, including Adam Bede , The Mill on the Floss , Silas Marner , Middlemarch , and Daniel Deronda ,...
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Additional works by George Eliot
BookCopyright DateGenre
Silas Marner December 1, 1992 Novel
Daniel Deronda Novel
The Mill on the Floss Novel
Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life Fiction
Adam Bede Historical novel
Romola Historical novel
Felix Holt, the Radical Fiction
Scenes of Clerical Life Short story
The journals of George Eliot
Selected critical writings
The works of George Eliot
Essays and leaves from a note-book
Some George Eliot Notebooks
Letters to Elma Stuart, 1872-1880
Novels of George Eliot
Agatha
Amos Barton
Msn Silas Marner
wisdom of George Eliot
legend of Jubal
Letters
Mr. Gilfil's Love Story
writings of George Eliot
Headwork Classics
O May I Join the Choir Invisible! And Other Favourite Poems (Illustrated Edition)
In the World
Velo Alzado, El
Life as related in her letters and journals
Early essays
Wit and wisdom of George Eliot
York Notes Advanced
Poems
Signature Classics
Spark Notes Silas Marner
poems of George Eliot
story of little Tom and Maggie from The mill on the Floss of George Eliot
Collected Poems
Quarry for Middlemarch
If Russia strikes ..
...Janet's repentance
Silar Marner
Silas Maner
El Molino Del Floss / The Mill on the Floss
Life of George Eliot
moment each day with George Eliot
Letters of George Eliot
Clerical Life and Sentimental Behaviour
Letters from George Eliot to Elma Stuart
How Lisa Loved the King (Illustrated Edition)
Among the Dangs
The Sad Fortunes of the Reverend Amos Barton
Daniʼel Dirondah
OBWL4: Silas Marner: Level 4
Four Novels of George Eliot
best-known novels of George Eliot
Work of George Eliot
writer's notebook, 1854-1879, and uncollected writings
Miscellaneous essays
Theophrastus such, Jubal, and other poems, and the Spanish gypsy
Impressions of Theophrastus Such
Essays
Brother and sister
The Essays Of George Eliot, Complete
Life and letters
Great Novels of George Eliot
works of George Eliot
Wise, witty and tender sayings in prose and verse
[Works]
Cliffsnotes Middlemarch
Essays, complete
Die Mühle am Floss
Poems, essays, and Leaves from a note book
George Eliot's complete works
Poems
Romola
Scenes of clerical life
Stories from George Eliot
The writings of George Eliot
Agatha
Collected poems
Complete poems
Early essays
Felix Holt
Felix Holt, the radical ; Scenes of clerical life
The George Eliot letters
A George Eliot miscellany
Miscellaneous essays
The notebooks and library of George Eliot
Scenes of clerical life and Silas Marner
Selected essays, poems and other writings
Selections from George Eliot's letters
Silas Marner, and Scenes of clerical life
Impressions of Theophrastus Such
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Literary Genres

Novella
Novella

A novella is a written, fictional, prose narrative usually longer than a novelette but shorter than a novel. The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers...
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Frequently Asked Questions

  • Q:
    Which year was the work "The Lifted Veil" first published?
  • A:
    The book was first printed in July, 1859.

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