lived much later, had to resort to using a pen name, to disguise her identity and wrote under the name, George Elliot. Apart from the fact that she would not have been taken seriously as a female writer, but she also wanted to challenge the existing stereotype of a women’s ability only to write simple and entertaining literature. I find it very ironic, that writing under a male pen name, was the only way she could express her thoughts and feelings, in those days. Unlike today, we find female celebrities…
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