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Also Known As	Marian Evans • Marian Cross • Mary Ann Evans
Born	November 22, 1819 • England
Died	December 22, 1880 (aged 61) • London • England
Notable Works	“Adam Bede” • “Daniel Deronda” • “Felix Holt” • “Middlemarch” • “Romola” • “Scenes of Clerical Life” • “Silas Marner” • “The Mill on the Floss”

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