Count that Day Lost Vocabulary

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Count That Day Lost. Vocabulary George Eliot

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Count that Day Lost

George Eliot

Adventure is not outside man; it is

within.

George Eliot

Cheer (n)

to cheer

sunshine

to count

an act

self-denial

a deed

to ease

a glance

through

to trace

a soul

kind

worse

at set of sun

yea or nay

cheer

to cheer

sunshine

to count

an act

self-denial

a deed

to ease

a glance

through

to trace

a soul

kind

worse

at set of sun

yea or nay

Mary Ann Evan

s

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.

Born: November 22, 1819, NuneatonDied: December 22, 1880, Cheyne Walk

Full name: Mary Anne EvansEducation: Royal Holloway, University of London

WHY George?

She used a male pen name, she said, to ensure her works would be taken seriously.