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She worked as an editor and translator before becoming a famous novelist — which was very rare for a woman in the Victorian era.She translated important philosophical works from German  and her deep interest in philosophy and morality shaped her novels’ complex characters and ethical themes.

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She worked as an editor and translator before becoming a famous novelist — which was very rare for a woman in the Victorian era.She translated important philosophical works from German  and her deep interest in philosophy and morality shaped her novels’ complex characters and ethical themes.

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George Eliot never married her true love, George Henry Lewes, because he was already married and couldn’t get a divorce.

Even though society judged them, they lived together for more than 20 years and supported each other’s.

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Mary Ann Evans lived openly for 20 years with George Henry Lewes. He was already married to another woman. That was shocking scandal in Victorian society. Despite the controversy, their relationship was deeply loving and intellectually equal, and many say it gave her the emotional stability to produce her greatest novels, like “Middlemarch” and “The Mill on the Floss”.

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From my point of view, the most important fact from George Eliot’s life is that she wrote her novels in order to pass an important message- sympathy, moral duty, and the consequences of personal choices. She also gave hints about women’s life back there.

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The most interesting fact about George Eliot is that she was actually a woman named Mary Ann Evans who used a man’s name so her books would be taken seriously, because of the fact that she is a woman, the books might not be published.

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George Eliot was self taught in several languages including German and Greek.

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The most interesting fact from her life is the fact that she had to make a pen name just to publish a novel/ poem, and not only that she had to use a pen name, she had to use a man’s name, because if she had published it under a women's name it wouldn’t get as much as recognition as it would under a man’s name.

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1857 – Mary Ann Evans started using the name “George Eliot” so people would read her books seriously, because at that time women writers were not respected as much.

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In may of 1880 Mary Ann married a man 20 years younger than her. They went to Venice for their honeymoon. But a tragedy happened there: her husband jumped out of the hotel window and attempted suicide, but fortunately survived. It was later reported that he struggled with depression.

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For me, the most important fact from George Eliot's life is that she wrote the novel Middlemarch, which is now considered one of the greatest books in English literature.

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When George Eliot was young, her mother died, and she had to help care for her father and the household — an experience that taught her about responsibility and human emotions, which later shaped her writing.

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George Eliot was actually a woman named Mary Ann Evans. She used a man’s name so people would take her writing seriously. Her most famous book is Middlemarch.

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George Eliot lived with philosopher George Henry Lewes, even though he was married to another woman. Their relationship was controversial but deeply influential for both of them.

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She officially married John Walter Cross on May 6, 1880. And died about half a year after on December 22.

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