During a time when writing was a strictly male occupation, Mary Ann Evans chose the pseudonym “George Eliot†in order to publish herself. She worked as a sub-editor for the Westminister Review in London; thus, it was easy for her to slide her work in to be published. In 1858, she published “Scenes of Clerical Lifeâ€, her first book of stories under her pseudonym. It was until after imposters were trying to claim authorship of her first novel, Adam Bede, ...
