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Silas Marner
by George Eliot
Current Events & Pop Culture
Available to teachers only as part of the Teaching Silas Marner Teacher Pass
Teaching Silas Marner Teacher Pass includes:
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Sample of Current Events & Pop Culture
A Suitable Pseudonym
In this article from the Telegraph, journalist Sian Ranscombe writes about prominent women who adopted male personas in order to progress in some part of their life. Surprisingly, there's no mention of J.K. Rowling and her male pseudonym Robert Galbraith…but George Eliot is here. You go, girl. Or…dude?