Middlemarch

Eliot, George, 1819-1880

About this book

"Middlemarch" by George Eliot is a novel published in 1871-1872. Set in a fictional English Midlands town from 1829 to 1832, it weaves together multiple intersecting stories exploring the status of women, marriage, idealism, and political reform. The narrative follows Dorothea Brooke's search for purpose, Dr. Lydgate's medical ambitions, and several other inhabitants navigating love, debt, scandal, and social change against the backdrop of the approaching Reform Act of 1832.

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Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middlemarch

Author
Eliot, George, 1819-1880
Reading level
B1 · Intermediate
Language
English

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