Which English novelist wrote Middlemarch, published in 1871 to 1872?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: B. George Eliot
- Step 1: Middlemarch, A Study of Provincial Life is a novel by English author George Eliot, the pen name of Mary Ann Evans. Answer: George Eliot. Why not the others: None of these fit: Jane Austen; Elizabeth Gaskell; Charlotte Bronte.
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