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About George Eliot
English novelist, poet, journalist, and translator, Victorian era
George Eliot was the pen name of Mary Ann Evans, an English novelist, poet, journalist, and translator of the Victorian era. She was one of the leading writers of her time. She wrote seven novels, including Adam Bede, The Mill on the Floss, Silas Marner, Romola, Felix Holt, the Radical, Middlemarch, and Daniel Deronda. Her fiction is known for realism, psychological depth, a strong sense of place, and close attention to the countryside.
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Books by George Eliot
The Mill on the Floss
1800
Silas Marner
2003
Adam Bede
1859
Middlemarch
1999
Felix Holt, the radical
1800