Middlemarch

a study of provincial life

by

892 pages

English language

Published July 21, 2003 by Signet Classic.

ISBN:
978-0-451-52917-6
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5 stars (1 review)

Eliot’s epic of 19th century provincial social life, set in a fictitious Midlands town in the years 1830-32, has several interlocking storylines blended effortlessly together to form a fully coherent narrative. Its main themes are the status of women, social expectations and hypocrisy, religion, political reform and education. It has often been called the greatest novel in the English language.

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reviewed Middlemarch by George Eliot (George Eliot's works -- [v.7-8])

Middlemarch is my favorite book

5 stars

Can't believe this absolute unit of a book doesn't have many reviews. Tons of vibrant characters, loads of twisty plots, and all presented in incisive and delightful prose. It's MASSIVE and took me literal months to finish, but it's so worth it!

Subjects

  • Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Fiction
  • City and town life -- Fiction
  • Social reformers -- Fiction
  • Married people -- Fiction
  • Young women -- Fiction
  • Scholars -- Fiction
  • England -- Fiction