Middlemarch

a study of provincial life

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George Eliot: Middlemarch (AudiobookFormat, Audible Studios)

Narrated by: Maureen O'Brien; 32 hrs and 23 mins

Published by Audible Studios.

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

  • Social life and customs
  • Married women
  • England
  • Readers
  • Married people
  • English literature
  • Triangles (Interpersonal relations)
  • English language
  • Fiction
  • Text-books for foreigners
  • Women authors
  • Social reformers
  • Young women
  • Older men
  • Scholars
  • City and town life
  • Long Now Manual for Civilization
  • Reading Level-Grade 7
  • Reading Level-Grade 9
  • Reading Level-Grade 8
  • Reading Level-Grade 11
  • Reading Level-Grade 10
  • Reading Level-Grade 12
  • British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author)
  • England, fiction
  • Young women, fiction
  • Married people, fiction
  • Fiction, general
  • Eliot, george, 1819-1880
  • English fiction, history and criticism, 19th century
  • England, in literature
  • English fiction, women authors
  • City and town life in literature
  • Fiction, historical
  • Cities and towns in literature
  • Manners and customs
  • Coming of age
  • Modern Literature
  • English
  • Medicine in Literature
  • Bildungsromans
  • Domestic fiction
  • Fiction, coming of age
  • Fiction, family life
  • Fiction, family life, general
  • Fathers and daughters
  • Adopted children
  • Romans, nouvelles
  • Mœurs et coutumes
  • Vie urbaine
  • Jeunes femmes
  • Pères et filles
  • Enfants adoptés