A woman dictates before marriage in order that she may have an appetite for submission afterwards. by George Eliot

• George Eliot | British

  
  
  Profession: Novelist
  Born: November 22, 1819
  Died: December 22, 1880
  George Eliot, the pen name of Mary Ann Evans, was a celebrated Victorian author known for her novels like Middlemarch and Silas Marner, which explore themes of morality and human relationships.
  George Eliot, the pen name of Mary Ann Evans, wrote classics like Middlemarch, exploring Victorian society.
  
  

  A woman dictates before marriage in order that she may have an appetite for submission afterwards.

  George Eliot

  #Marriage #Submission

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