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'''George Eliot''' was the pen name of English female novelist Mary Ann Evans (1819-1880). '''George Eliot''' was the pen name of English female novelist Mary Ann Evans (1819-1880). Born on a farm in Warwickshire, she used many of her real-life experiences in her books, which she wrote under a man's name in order to improve her chances of publication.


She defied convention by living for many years with ], a writer, who died in 1878. After this she married a man twenty years younger than her, but herself died a few months later. Her works include:
==== Books ====

* ''Middlemarch'' * ''Middlemarch'' (published 1871)
* ''The Mill on the Floss'' * ''The Mill on the Floss'' (1860)
* ''Adam Bede'' * ''Adam Bede'' (1859)
* ''Silas Marner'' (1861)
* ''Daniel Deronda'' (1876)


''References and external links:'' ''References and external links:''

Revision as of 03:23, 31 March 2002

George Eliot was the pen name of English female novelist Mary Ann Evans (1819-1880). Born on a farm in Warwickshire, she used many of her real-life experiences in her books, which she wrote under a man's name in order to improve her chances of publication.

She defied convention by living for many years with George Henry Lewes, a writer, who died in 1878. After this she married a man twenty years younger than her, but herself died a few months later. Her works include:

  • Middlemarch (published 1871)
  • The Mill on the Floss (1860)
  • Adam Bede (1859)
  • Silas Marner (1861)
  • Daniel Deronda (1876)

References and external links: http://65.107.211.206/eliot/eliotov.html