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Marriage, Middlemarch & male pseudonyms: George Eliot’s unconventional life

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The Relationship Between Marriage and George Eliot

George Eliot is a very sophisticated and very subtle writer. She often based her characters on real people, people she'd known or people she'd heard about. One thing to think about is the fact that she really often develops a really dark marriage plot. And in my book I try to trace some of the clues to those experiences.

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