Comment by Hamuko

Yeah, it feels kinda disrespectful since the author has no input on the thing.

I guess if you really want to note how it's by a female author, you could have it as "Ms. George Eliot", although that seems rather tacky.

>It's also a bit sad that most English names are gendered.

Non-gendered names are actually pretty much illegal here, so the English way isn't really that crazy.