George Eliot: Middlemarch (Hardcover, 2001, Chancellor Press, Distributed in the United States by Sterling Pub. Co.)
Hardcover, 851 pages
English language
Published Aug. 6, 2001 by Chancellor Press, Distributed in the United States by Sterling Pub. Co..
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.
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!
