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George Eliot
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English novelist, essayist, poet and journalist (1819–1880)

Also known as: Marian Cross, Marian Evans, Marian Evans Lewes, Marian Lewes, Mary Ann Cross, Mary Ann Evans

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Known works

  • Middlemarch (1999)
  • Silas Marner (2003)
  • The Mill on the Floss (1800)
  • Romance Classics (Adam Bede / Emma / Jane Eyre / Little Women / Pride and Prejudice / Wuthering Heights)
  • Adam Bede (1859)