English literature Victorian England. George Eliot, pen name of Mary Ann Evans (1819–1880), was a major novelist of the mid-Victorian period. Her works, especially "Middlemarch" (1871–72), are important examples of literary realism, and are admired for their combination of high Victorian literary detail, with an intellectual breadth that removes them from the narrow geographic confines they often depict. George Meredith (1828–1909) is best remembered for his novels "The Ordeal of Richard Feverel" (1859), and "The Egoist" (1879). "His reputation stood very high well into" the 20th-century but then seriously declined. An interest in rural matters and the changing social and economic situation
Mary Ann Pascal Mary Ann Pascal Mary Ann Pascal (born February 4, 1958) is an American actress and business executive. She is known for her role as Samantha "Sam" Booke (later Waters) on the Showtime original comedy series "Brothers", and is currently Vice President of Player Development at Wynn Las Vegas. Pascal was born in New York City, spending her upbringing both there and in Florida. She broke into television in 1984, at first in guest roles on such series as "Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer" and "Hotel", and in a few made-for-TV movies before landing what is perhaps her best known role to