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Biography of Novel Writers

This document provides biographical information on three famous 19th century British authors: Charles Dickens, known for works like A Tale of Two Cities; George Eliot, whose real name was Mary Anne Evans and wrote The Mill on the Floss; and Thomas Hardy, who published Tess of the D'Urbervilles. It lists their dates of birth and death, major works, publishing dates of selected novels, and additional biographical details like marriages and professions.

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Biography of Novel Writers

This document provides biographical information on three famous 19th century British authors: Charles Dickens, known for works like A Tale of Two Cities; George Eliot, whose real name was Mary Anne Evans and wrote The Mill on the Floss; and Thomas Hardy, who published Tess of the D'Urbervilles. It lists their dates of birth and death, major works, publishing dates of selected novels, and additional biographical details like marriages and professions.

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Novel 

 
Charles Dickens (A Tale of Two Cities) 

Born:​ ​February 7, 1812, Landport, Portsmouth, United Kingdom 


Died:​ June 9, 1870, Gads Hill Place, United Kingdom 
Major works:​ The Pickwick Papers, Oliver Twist, Nicholas Nickleby, A 
Christmas Carol, David Copperfield, Bleak House, Little Dorrit, A Tale of 
Two Cities, Great Expectations. 
Spouse:​ Catherine Dickens (1836 to 1858) 
Profession: ​Author, Novelist, Journalist, Writer 
A Tale of Two Cities Published: ​1859 
 
George Eliot (The Mill on the Floss) 

Born:​ ​November 22, 1819, Nuneaton, United Kingdom 


Died:​ ​December 22, 1880, Chelsea, London, United Kingdom 
Spouse: ​John Walter Cross 
Full Name: ​Mary Anne Evans 
Major Works: ​Adam Bede (1859), The Mill on the Floss (1860), Silas 
Marner (1861), Middlemarch (1871–72), and Daniel Deronda (1876). 
The Mill on the Floss Published: ​1860 
 
Thomas Hardy (Tess of the D'Urbervilles) 

Born:​ ​June 2, 1840, Stinsford, United Kingdom 


Died:​ ​January 11, 1928, Dorchester, United Kingdom 
Spouse: ​ Emma Gifford (1874 to 1912), Florence Dugdale (1914 to 
1928) 
Tess of the D'Urbervilles Published: ​1891 
Major Works: ​Tess of the D'Urbervilles, Jude the Obscure, The Return 
of the Native, The Woodlanders, Far from the Madding Crowd 
Profession: ​Poet, Novelist 
 
Designed by Umair Hassan (Student MA English 
Semester 2)

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