Mary began to publish books under the pseudonym George Eliot, because "George was Mr. ... In Silas Marner, Irony set a foundation for George Eliot to build her themes on. ... Silas Marner is a great novel, but it is only one of many that George Eliot wrote. ... George Eliot was an English novelist, essayist, poet, short story writer and translator. ... This is also true about Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life, which is considered "Eliot's finest achievement...

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