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“Art is an old language with a great many artificial affected styles, and sometimes the chief pleasure one gets out of knowing them is the mere sense of knowing. I enjoy the art of all sorts here immensely; but I suppose if I could pick my enjoyment to pieces I should find it made up […]

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Listen to MiddleMarch on Spotify. MiddleMarch by George EliotMiddlemarch by George Eliot is a sweeping novel set in a fictional English town during the early 19th century. It follows the lives of various residents, centering on Dorothea Brooke, an idealistic young woman whose pursuit of intellectual and moral fulfillment leads to personal and social conflicts. Dorothea marries the elderly scholar Casaubon, hoping to find purpose, but discovers his motives are less noble. Her life intertwines…

George Eliot’s masterpiece Middlemarch demands maturity – but its rewards, for readers who persevere, richly pay back the investment

Middlemarch (subtitle: A Study of Provincial Life) is widely regarded as one of the Great Novels of English Literature. It was first published in eight volumes…

George Eliot - Middlemarch Penguin English Library EL 2, 1974 Cover: A detail from the painting 'The Pathway to the Village Church', by Thomas Creswick, in the Tate Gallery, London