100% NZ-owned | 80,000+ Books In NZ 📚

Today Only: 20% Off When You Buy 2+ Stationery Items! 🎨

Middlemarch

By George Eliot
0.0 (0 reviews)
4.03 goodreads logo

Ratings/reviews counts are updated frequently.

Check link for latest rating. ( 176,271 ratings, 12,987 reviews)
Book Hero Magic crafted this summary to help describe this book. While it's new and still learning, it may not be perfect - your feedback is welcome! Summary
Middlemarch by George Eliot is a sweeping exploration of life in a provincial English town during the early 19th century. It intricately weaves the lives of its diverse characters, focusing on themes such as marriage, idealism, and social change. The novel examines personal ambitions, the struggle for women's education, and political reform, offering deep insights into human nature and society.
Read More
Format: Paperback / softback
$1900
Elsewhere:
$2100
OVERNIGHT NZ-WIDE DELIVERY

Found a better price? Request a price match

Book Hero Magic created this recommendation. While it's new and still learning, it may not be perfect - your feedback is welcome! IS THIS YOUR NEXT READ?

If you appreciate richly detailed social commentary and intricate character studies, this novel might captivate you. Set in a fictional English town, it weaves together personal ambitions, societal changes, and the complexities of human relationships during the 19th century, offering a profound exploration of the human condition.

Book Hero thinking about your next read

Middlemarch

Features Dorothea Brooke, a young idealist whose search for intellectual fulfilment leads her into a disastrous marriage to the pedantic scholar Casaubon; and the charming but tactless Dr Lydgate, whose marriage to the spendthrift beauty Rosamund and pioneering medical methods threaten to undermine his career.

Book Hero Magic formatted this description to make it easier to read. While it's new and still learning, it may not be perfect - your feedback is welcome! Description

Middlemarch, George Eliot's most ambitious novel, is a masterly evocation of diverse lives and changing fortunes in a provincial community. It features a richly drawn cast of characters whose stories interweave to create a nuanced and moving drama.

Among its landscape are Dorothea Brooke, a young idealist whose search for intellectual fulfilment leads her into a disastrous marriage to the pedantic scholar Casaubon; the charming but tactless Dr Lydgate, whose marriage to the spendthrift beauty Rosamund and pioneering medical methods threaten to undermine his career; and the religious hypocrite Bulstrode, who hides scandalous crimes from his past.

This novel, hailed by Virginia Woolf as 'one of the few English novels written for adult people', offers a timeless exploration of human struggles and aspirations. Eliot's keen insights into societal norms and individual ambitions make Middlemarch a compelling and enduring work of literature.

Book Hero Magic summarised reviews for this book. While it's new and still learning, it may not be perfect - your feedback is welcome! HOW HAS THIS BEEN REVIEWED?

Middlemarch by George Eliot is lauded as a novel designed for mature readers, with Virginia Woolf praising it for its adult-centric themes. Hermione Lee regards it as a profound, wise, and enthralling English novel, notable for its truthful and forgiving portrayal of human behaviour.

Book Hero reading reviews

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780141439549

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 30 January 2003

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin Classics

Contributors:

  • Edited by Rosemary Ashton
  • Introduction by Rosemary Ashton

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 36.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 599g

Pages: 880

Collections

Featured Fiction General Fiction George Eliot Literary Fiction New Release Fiction New Zealand's Best Selling Books Penguin Books Penguin Classics

About the Author

Mary Ann Evans (1819-80) began her literary career as a translator and later editor of the Westminster Review. In 1857, she published SCENES OF CLERICAL LIFE, the first of eight novels she would publish under the name of 'George Eliot', including THE MILL ON THE FLOSS, MIDDLEMARCH, and DANIEL DERONDA. Rosemary Ashton is Professor of English Language and Literature at University College London.

Also by George Eliot

View all

More from General Fiction

View all

Why buy from us?

Book Hero is not a chain store or big box retailer. We're an independent 100% NZ-owned business on a mission to help more Kiwis rediscover a love of books and reading!

Service & Delivery

Service & Delivery

Our warehouse in Auckland holds over 80,000 books and puzzles in-stock so you're not waiting for your order to arrive from overseas.

Auckland Bookstore

Auckland Bookstore

We're primarily an online store, but for your convenience you can pick up your order for free from our bookstore, which is right next door to our warehouse in Hobsonville.

Our Gifting Service

Our Gifting Service

Books make wonderful thoughtful gifts and we're here to help with gift-wrapping and cards. We can even send your gift directly to your loved one.