To me it seems disrespectful to publish someone's book under a different name from the one they chose to publish it under.
Also, the name "George Eliot" having been chosen by the writer herself rather than by her parents doesn't make that name any less "real".
Obviously it's a bit sad that contemporary circumstances encouraged her to choose a masculine pen name, but it seems very likely from her biography that she would in any case have used some kind of a pen name for her novels in order to separate the novels from her other work. So perhaps someone should republish her novels under the name Georgette Eliot. That would make about as much sense as what they've done here.
It's also a bit sad that most English names are gendered. But we can't easily fix that with a pull request, can we?
Also, the name "George Eliot" having been chosen by the writer herself rather than by her parents doesn't make that name any less "real".
Obviously it's a bit sad that contemporary circumstances encouraged her to choose a masculine pen name, but it seems very likely from her biography that she would in any case have used some kind of a pen name for her novels in order to separate the novels from her other work. So perhaps someone should republish her novels under the name Georgette Eliot. That would make about as much sense as what they've done here.
It's also a bit sad that most English names are gendered. But we can't easily fix that with a pull request, can we?