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Middlemcu'ch author George Eliot reportedly bemoaned the dearth of (i) women, of which her well-educated main character, Dorothea, was a (ii) . Therefore, Eliot scholars have long debated the author’s meaning in marrying Dorothea to the elderly preacher Casaubon and having him exploit his bride for (iii) needs.