Who is George Eliot and what was her real name?
George Eliot (1819-1880) – pseudonym for Mary Ann Cross, also Marian Evans, original surname Evans. Mary Ann Evans (George Eliot) was born in Chilvers Coton, Warwickshire. She authored these books: SCENES OF A CLERICAL LIFE\1858 ADAM BEDE, 1859 THE MILL ON THE FLOSS SILAS MARNER ROMOLA, 1863 FELIX HOLT, THE RADICAL THE SPANISH GIPSY, 1868 AGATHA, 1869 MIDDLEMARCH 1871-72 – Middlemarch (suom. Aune Tuomikoski) which is considered her greatest novel by some, is required reading in university English courses. THE LEGEND OF JUBAL, 1874 DANIEL DERONDA, 1876 IMPRESSIONS OF THEOPHRASTUS SUCH, 1879 ESSAYS AND LEAVES FROM A NOTEBOOK, 1884 COLLECTED WORKS, 1908-11 LETTERS, 1954 ESSAYS, 1963 more about her here: http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/gelliot.