Laura's review
Middlemarch (Signet Classics)
by George Eliot
Laura's review
Middlemarch (Signet Classics) by George Eliot
Laura's review
rating:
If there is anyone who knew what makes people tick, it was George Eliot. _Middlemarch_ is flawlessly written with a full town of fleshed-out characters with deep-seated motivations and ambitions. There is not a single character that you can not see crystal clear in your mind. It's a hefty read, but this book has it all: love triangles, shady business dealings, unrequited love, high ambitions, intricate societal maneuverings.... it's a soap opera, in short.
There were so many passages that I wanted to mark with my pen because I thought, "Yes! That's exactly it!" But here I will only share with you a few of my favorites:
[context: the young Dorothea is preparing to be engaged with the much elder Mr. Causabon]
"Dorothea's faith supplied all that Mr. Casaubon's words seemed to leave unsaid; what believer sees a disturbing omission or infelicity? The text, whether of prophet or of poet, expands for whatever we can put into it, and even his bad grammar is su...more
There were so many passages that I wanted to mark with my pen because I thought, "Yes! That's exactly it!" But here I will only share with you a few of my favorites:
[context: the young Dorothea is preparing to be engaged with the much elder Mr. Causabon]
"Dorothea's faith supplied all that Mr. Casaubon's words seemed to leave unsaid; what believer sees a disturbing omission or infelicity? The text, whether of prophet or of poet, expands for whatever we can put into it, and even his bad grammar is su...more
