George Eliot Home - Geneva

George Eliot's home is located on Rue de la Pélisserie in Geneva, Switzerland.  It was here the future author lived from October 1949 to March 1850.  Still several years away from using her famous pen name, the 29 year old Mary Ann Evans embarked on her Switzerland trip with Charles and Cara Bray, just days after the death of her father in June.  After the Brays returned home, Mary Ann remained in Geneva.  She took a second floor apartment in this building, the home of her friends Francois and Juliet d'Albert Durade, and lived here for five months.  In March of 1850 she returned to London.  Her first published work as George Eliot was "The Sad Fortunes of the Reverend Amos Barton" in 1857.  There is a plaque in front of the building commemorating her time here.    

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