George Eliot\u27s The Lifted Veil has puzzled crtics due to its spiritual elements and troublesome narration. By using Aristotle\u27s understanding of ethos, this paper seeks to reexamine Eliot\u27s text in terms of authorial and narrative ethos, specifically addressing issues of the narrator\u27s credibility as an honest storyteller and Eliot\u27s struggle for credibility as a female author and fallen woman.
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