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The Life and Work of George Eliot
George Eliot was born Mary Ann Evans in Warwickshire, England, on November 22, 1819, to Robert Evans, Sr., a carpenter turned estate manager, and his second wife, the former Christiana Pearson. Ms. Evans' living siblings were an older half-brother and sister, Robert and Fanny, from her father's first marriage. She also had another older sister and brother, Christinia and Isaac, from the union between her father and mother. Politics, religion, and education were very important to the young Polly, as she was nicknamed. Her schooling...

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