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Middlemarch

By George Eliot
Series: Penguin Clothbound Classics
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Middlemarch by George Eliot is set in a fictional English town during the early 19th century and explores the lives, ambitions, and relationships of its diverse residents. The novel weaves together several storylines, focusing on themes of marriage, societal expectations, and the pursuit of personal fulfilment. Eliot intricately examines the impact of internal desires and external pressures on the characters' choices and destinies.
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This classic novel weaves together the lives of its richly developed characters in a compelling tale of love, ambition and societal expectations in 19th-century England. You might enjoy this book if you appreciate intricate storytelling and keen observations about human nature and social change.

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Middlemarch

George Eliot's most ambitious novel is a masterly evocation of diverse lives and changing fortunes in a provincial community. Peopling its landscape are Dorothea Brooke, a young idealist whose search for intellectual fulfillment leads her into a disastrous marriage to the pedantic scholar Casaubon.

George Eliot's most ambitious novel is a masterly evocation of diverse lives and changing fortunes in a provincial community.

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George Eliot's masterful classic, in a gorgeous new clothbound edition.

Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design.

Middlemarch, George Eliot's most ambitious novel, is a masterly evocation of diverse lives and changing fortunes in a provincial community. In 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, hiding scandalous crimes from his past.

As their stories interweave, George Eliot creates a richly nuanced and moving drama, hailed by Virginia Woolf as 'one of the few English novels written for adult people'.

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iMiddlemarch is often praised for its comprehensive portrayal of Victorian society, celebrated for its intellectual depth and the expansive scope of its narrative. V. S. Pritchett commended the novel for being unparalleled in its breadth and narrative calmness, highlighting its enduring appeal in the realm of classic literature.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780141196893

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 02 June 2011

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin Classics

Contributors:

  • Introduction by Rosemary Ashton

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 52.0mm

Width: 138.0mm

Height: 206.0mm

Weight: 997g

Pages: 880

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Fiction General Fiction George Eliot Literary Fiction Penguin Books Penguin Classics Series: Penguin Clothbound 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.

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