‘George Eliot’ joins 24 female authors making debuts under their real names – The Guardian

Middlemarch is to be published for the first time in almost 150 years under George Eliots real name, Mary Ann Evans, alongside 24 other historic works by women whose writing has only ever previously been in print under their male pseudonyms.
Evans adopted the pen name of George Eliot in the mid-19th century, in order to ensure her works were taken seriously. Middlemarch, originally published in eight parts in 1871-72, has never been released under her real name. Evans said she was resolute in p…

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