Description:
A man struggles with the extraordinary ability to read other's thoughts and predict the future. The Lifted Veil, by George Eliot, is one of the author's few entries into the supernatural realm. The story highlights extrasensory perception and how it can inadvertently taint one's view of people and the world.
Brief description:
George Eliot (1819-1880), born Mary Ann Evans, was an English writer best known for her poetry and novels. She grew up in a conservative environment where she received a Christian education. An avid reader, Eliot expanded her horizons on religion, science and free thinkers. Her earliest writings included an anonymous English translation of The Life of Jesus in 1846 before embracing a career as a fiction writer. Some of her most notable works include Adam Bede (1859), The Mill on the Floss(1860) and Silas Marner.