George Elliott's real name is Mary Ann Evans. She was an English novelist, journalist, translator and one of the leading writers of the Victorian era. She used male pseudonyms to take her work seriously and to hide her private life from public view. Notable works include "The Mill on the Floss (1860), Silasmarner (1861), Middle March (1871–72), Daniel Derunda (1876)". Her 1872 work Middlemarch was cited by Martin Amis and Julian Burns as the greatest novels in English. Most of George Elliott's novels are well-known for their background in provincial England and for their realism and psychological insights. George Elliott was born on 22 November 1819 in Naniton, Warwickshire, England. She died on 22 December 1880 at the age of 61 in Chelsea, Middlesex, England. She was buried in Highgret Cemetery.