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A woman dictates before marriage in order that she may have an appetite for submission afterwards. - George Eliot

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1819 - 1880 - English novelist; Mary Ann Evans was the foremost woman novelist of her time

Born:22nd November, 1819
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Starsign: Scorpio

Author Keywords: Novelist, Woman, Foremost, Evans, English, Mary, Ann

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