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George Eliot
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November 22, 1819
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| died |
December 22, 1880 |
| gender |
female |
| place of birth |
South Farm, Arbury, Warwickshire, England, The United Kingdom |
| genre |
Literature & Fiction
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about this author
Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name. See this thread for more information.
Mary Ann (Marian) Evans, better known by her pen name George Eliot, was an English novelist. She was one of the leading writers of the Victorian era. Her novels, largely set in provincial England, are well known for their realism and psychological perspicacity.
She used a male pen name, she said, to ensure that her works were taken seriously. Female authors published freely under their own names, but Eliot wanted to ensure that she was not seen as merely a writer of romances. An additional factor may have been a desire to shield her private life from public scrutiny and to prevent scandals attending her relationship with the married George Henry Lewes. They lived together as man and wife, but Lewes was unable to divorce his wife from his failed marriage.
See also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Elio...
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