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George Eliot: A Life in Five Characters: Maggie Tulliver

Series 1, episode 1

To mark the 200th anniversary of the birth of George Eliot, contemporary writers explore her life through five of her female characters. In the first edition, presenter Kathryn Hughes hears from Tessa Hadley and Eliot biographer Philip Davis about Maggie Tulliver from Mill on the Floss. With readings from the novel by Juliet Stevenson

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Kathryn Hughes
Tessa Hadley
Image for Philip DavisPhilip Davis
Image for Juliet StevensonJuliet Stevenson
Beaty Rubens