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Article: ELIOT, GEORGE (1819-1880)
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The books written by George Eliot were the work not of a man, but of
a woman. Her name was Mary Ann (or Marian) Evans. George Eliot was
a pen name (pseudonym). Under that name, she wrote some of the best
novels in the English language.
Mary Ann Evans was born in Warwickshire, England, and she was brought
up in the countryside. She kept house for her father until he died
in 1849, but she was interested in writing and new ideas. She moved
to London and began working as an editor on a magazine. Through her
magazine work and her interest in literature, she met many of the
leading writers and thinkers of the day, such as Thomas Carlyle and
John Stuart Mill. With one of ...
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