乔治.艾略特因其作品对道德的严肃探讨和对人性的关怀被当代英国批评家利维斯列为英国文学史上的“伟大传统四大家”之一,在其作品中,艾略特以独特的女性视野塑造了维多利亚时代的女性形象,以写实主义的手法“如实再现”了维多利亚时代的“妇女问题”,即妇女在职业、教育和婚姻方面所面临的困境和困惑。其作品如镜子般地反映了维多利亚时代的“妇女问题”。 George Eliot for his work on moral serious discussion and concern for human nature by contemporary British critic Leavis as one of the “great traditions of the four major” in the history of British literature in his works, Eliot to The unique vision of women has shaped the Victorian image of women and “realistically replicated” Victorian “women’s issues” by means of realism, that is, the dilemmas and puzzles confronting women in occupations, education and marriage. His works mirrored Victorian “women’s issues” as mirrors.