George Eliot
- Books on site
- 2
- Total words
- 390,048
- Reading time
- 21.7 h
- Years covered
- 1861–1871
- Longest
- Middlemarch
George Eliot was the pen name of Mary Ann Evans (1819–1880), who came to fiction late, at nearly forty, after a career as a translator, editor and essayist. She had translated Strauss and Feuerbach, edited the Westminster Review, and lived openly with George Henry Lewes, a married man, which cost her most of respectable society and gave her the material for a lifetime of writing about people judged by their neighbours.
The Eliot novels on this site are free in EPUB, AZW3 and KEPUB, complete and unabridged: Middlemarch (1871–72) at about 316,000 words and Silas Marner (1861) at about 72,000.
Every George Eliot title on editions.ink
In publication order, with word counts and reading time. The list is generated from the book pages themselves, so a new release appears here automatically.
Silas Marner
Middlemarch| Year | Title | Words | Reading time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1861 | Silas Marner | 72,000 | ~5 h |
| 1871 | Middlemarch | 318,048 | ~21 h |
Still only at Project Gutenberg
Further George Eliot titles are in the public domain but not yet built here. They are listed so you can see the shape of the whole bibliography; the links go to Project Gutenberg, where the plain text is available today.
- The Mill on the Floss (Gutenberg #6688)
- Adam Bede (Gutenberg #507)
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Questions readers ask
How many George Eliot books are free on editions.ink?
There are 2 editions on the site, together about 390,048 words, or roughly 26 hours of reading. Each page has the full text as EPUB, AZW3 and KEPUB.
What is the best George Eliot book to start with?
Silas Marner (1861): it is the shortest complete work here, at about 4.8 hours.
Are these editions complete or abridged?
Complete. The text comes from the public-domain transcription and is checked against the printed edition named on each book page; nothing is cut, modernised or annotated away.
Which format should I download?
EPUB is the safest default for phones, tablets, Kobo and most reading apps. AZW3 suits older Kindles, and KEPUB is the Kobo-native format with better page-turn and footnote handling on a Kobo device.
Do I need an account or an app?
No. The download links are direct files served from the site; no account, newsletter or paywall is involved.
How long does Middlemarch take?
About 21.1 hours at 300 words per minute for 316,000 words — the longest title on this page. The whole list runs to roughly 26 hours.
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