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George Eliot

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George Eliot (the pen name of Mary Ann Evans) took the English novel in new directions with her realism and her understanding of human nature.

  • A photo of a pair of scissors and some curls of black hair on the surface of a Victorian-era dressing table.

    01 • Extracts from Fiction

    One Delicious Grinding Snip

    If little Maggie Tulliver is going to get her hair cut, it’s going to be done on her own terms.

    George Eliot

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