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Lewes married in 1841, and the couple lived communally with Hunt and his wife and two other couples. Though initially a success, the arrangement failed after Lewes’s wife had two children by Hunt. In 1851, after the birth of the second child, Lewes ceased to regard his wife as such.
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In 1851, after the birth of the second child, Lewes ceased to regard his wife as such. In the same year, after their estrangement, he met Mary Ann Evans.
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Lewes's writings show that he was occupying himself with scientific and more particularly biological work
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Legal divorce was impossible for Lewes because he had condoned the adultery, but from his separation in 1854 until his death, Lewes and Evans lived happily together.
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Lewes became its editor, but he retained the post for less than two years, when he was succeeded by John Morley.
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the book was a collection of essays which were first published in The Fortnightly Review
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