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  2. 100 of the Best Quotes from Famous People - AOL

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    —George Eliot (March 1983) 49. “It is a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.” ... for you never know how soon it will be too late ...

  3. George Eliot - Wikipedia

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    Mary Ann Evans (22 November 1819 – 22 December 1880; alternatively Mary Anne or Marian [1] [2]), known by her pen name George Eliot, was an English novelist, poet, journalist, translator, and one of the leading writers of the Victorian era. [3]

  4. The Cloister and the Hearth - Wikipedia

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    "The Cloister and the Hearth" is Charles Reade's greatest work—and, I believe, the greatest historical novel in the language… there is portrayed so vigorous, lifelike, and truthful a picture of a time long gone by, and differing in almost every particular from own, that the world has never seen its like.

  5. Daniel Deronda - Wikipedia

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    Daniel Deronda is a novel written by English author George Eliot, pen name of Mary Ann Evans, first published in eight parts (books) February to September 1876. [1] It was the last novel she completed and the only one set in the Victorian society of her day.

  6. Adam Bede - Wikipedia

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    Adam Bede was the first novel by English author George Eliot, pen name of Mary Ann Evans, first published in 1859.It was published pseudonymously, even though Evans was a well-published and highly respected scholar of her time.

  7. Impressions of Theophrastus Such - Wikipedia

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    Impressions of Theophrastus Such is a work of fiction by George Eliot (Marian Evans), first published in 1879. It was Eliot's last published writing and her most experimental, taking the form of a series of literary essays by an imaginary minor scholar whose eccentric character is revealed through his work.

  8. Middlemarch - Wikipedia

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    Middlemarch, A Study of Provincial Life is a novel by English author George Eliot, the pen name of Mary Ann Evans.It appeared in eight installments (volumes) in 1871 and 1872.

  9. List of proverbial phrases - Wikipedia

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    It is never too late; It is no use crying over spilt milk; It is no use locking the stable door after the horse has bolted; It is not enough to learn how to ride, you must also learn how to fall; It is on; It is the early bird that gets the worm; It is the empty can that makes the most noise; It is the squeaky wheel that gets the grease; It is ...