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Felix Holt , the Radical ( 1866 ) is a social novel written by George Eliot about political disputes in a small ___MASK33___ town at the time of the First Reform Act of 1832 . In January 1868 , Eliot penned an article entitled `` Address to Working Men , by Felix Holt '' . This came on the heels of the Second Reform Act of 1867 which expanded the right to vote beyond the landed classes and was written in the character of , and signed by , Felix Holt . Adam Bede , the first novel written by George Eliot ( the pen name of Mary Ann Evans ), was published in 1859 . It was published pseudonymously , even though Evans was a well - published and highly respected scholar of her time . The novel has remained in print ever since and is used in university studies of 19th - ___MASK62___ English literature . Middlemarch , A Study of Provincial Life is a novel by ___MASK33___ author George Eliot , first published in eight instalments ( volumes ) during 1871  2 . The novel is set in the fictitious Midlands town of Middlemarch during 1829  32 , and it comprises several distinct ( though intersecting ) stories and a large cast of characters . Significant themes include the status of women , the nature of marriage , idealism , self - interest , religion , hypocrisy , political reform , and education . The Mill on the Floss is a novel by George Eliot ( Mary Ann Evans ), first published in three volumes in 1860 by ___MASK38___ . The first American edition was published by Thomas Y . Crowell Co ., New York . Mary Anne Evans ( 22 November 1819  22 December 1880 ; alternatively " Mary Ann " or " Marian "), known by her pen name George Eliot , was an ___MASK33___ novelist , poet , journalist , translator and one of the leading writers of the Victorian era . She is the author of seven novels , including " Adam Bede " ( 1859 ), " The Mill on the Floss " ( 1860 ), " Silas Marner " ( 1861 ), " Felix Holt , the Radical " ( 1866 ), " Middlemarch " ( 1871  72 ), and " Daniel Deronda " ( 1876 ), most of which are set in provincial England and known for their realism and psychological insight .