George Eliot was born in 1819 in Warwickshire, England, and died in London in 1880. She was the author of classic books such as Silas Marner and Middlemarch. Eliot's real name was Mary Anne Evans. She chose to use a man's name to separate herself from readers' assumptions about women's writing. She was very critical of the romantic tales of the time, which were often written by women. Evans preferred realistic writing and did not want to be associated with these other works.

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A. It includes facts about actual historical events.
B. It is a third-person account of George Eliot's life.
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