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George Eliot

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    (November 22, 1819-December 22, 1880)
    Birth name was Mary Ann Evans
    Wrote 'The Mill on the Floss (1860),' 'Silas Marner (1861)' and 'Middlemarch (1871-1872)'

Why she might be annoying:

    She was known for her ugliness.
    She wrote novels under a man's name.
    She outraged society by shacking up with a man who was already married.
    She didn't take criticism well.
    Her books are long and can seem boring.

Why she might not be annoying:

    She was a free thinker who didn't worry about the prejudices of her time.
    Her family turned their backs on her.
    She became a huge success in a male-dominated field.

Credit: Wieland Kalligaro


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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 4 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 15 Votes: 46.67% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 12 Votes: 58.33% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 8 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 9 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 14 Votes: 71.43% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 30 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 37 Votes: 64.86% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 32 Votes: 37.50% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 61 Votes: 52.46% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 110 Votes: 53.64% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 218 Votes: 55.05% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 237 Votes: 45.57% Annoying