This is a comprehensive overview of the American-born English poet, critic, and dramatist T.S. Eliot. His best-known work, The Waste Land, is a long and difficult poem that depicts the emotional impoverishment, boredom, and spiritual emptiness of the modern world.

A story of a man under public scrutiny, Silas Marner is about the influence of "pure, natural human relationships" in life, the function of religion in society, and the uses of custom and tradition.