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Alexander Main and Edith Simcox: The Passionate Worshipers
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Length:
30 minutes
Released:
Mar 2, 2021
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Podcast episode
Description
Mary Ann Evans, better known under the pseudonym George Eliot (1819-1880), was a major Victorian novelist and poet. As her popularity grew, so did her admirers.
Two in particular - Alexander Main and Edith Simcox - started to cross the line as far as “passionate devotion.”
One sent numerous gushy letters. Another recorded her unreciprocated love for the novelist in a secret journal. Both made George Eliot pretty uncomfortable.
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Two in particular - Alexander Main and Edith Simcox - started to cross the line as far as “passionate devotion.”
One sent numerous gushy letters. Another recorded her unreciprocated love for the novelist in a secret journal. Both made George Eliot pretty uncomfortable.
Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Released:
Mar 2, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
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