Mary Ann Evans (22 November 1819 – 22 December 1880), better known by her pen name George Eliot, was an English novelist, poet, journalist, translator and one of the leading writers of the Victorian era. Born in Warwickshire, England, she was the daughter of a land agent. She was educated at home and later attended a boarding school in Coventry. After her father's death in 1849, she moved to London and began writing for various magazines and journals. In 1854, she published her first novel, Adam Bede, which was an immediate success. She went on to write several more novels, including The Mill on the Floss (1860), Silas Marner (1861), Middlemarch (1871–72), and Daniel Deronda (1876). Eliot's works are known for their realism, psychological insight, and moral seriousness. She was also a pioneer in the use of free indirect speech, which allows the reader to enter the minds of characters. Eliot died in 1880 at the age of 61. She is buried in Highgate Cemetery in London.
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