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George Eliot: Middlemarch
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About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books.
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. This text has been digitally restored from a historical edition. Some errors may persist, however we consider it worth publishing due to the work's historical value.
The digital edition of all books may be viewed on our website before purchase.
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Published January 1, 1963
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David Daiches
201 books30 followersDavid Daiches was a Scottish literary historian and literary critic, scholar and writer. He wrote extensively on English literature, Scottish literature and Scottish culture.
He was born in Sunderland, into a Jewish family with a Lithuanian background - the subject of his 1956 memoir, Two Worlds: An Edinburgh Jewish Childhood. He moved to Edinburgh while still a young child, about the end of World War I, where his father, Rev. Dr. Salis Daiches was rabbi to Edinburgh's Jewish community. He studied at George Watson's College and won a scholarship to University of Edinburgh where he won the Elliot prize. He went to Oxford where he became the Elton exhibitioner, and was elected Fellow of Balliol College in 1936.
During World War II, he worked for the British Embassy in Washington, DC, producing pamphlets for the British Information Service and drafting speeches on British institutions and foreign policy.
Daiches' first published work was The Place of Meaning in Poetry, published in 1935. He was a prolific writer, producing works on English literature, Scottish literature, literary history and criticism as well as the broader role of literature in society and culture.
Daiches was the father of Jenni Calder, also a Scottish literary historian.
He was born in Sunderland, into a Jewish family with a Lithuanian background - the subject of his 1956 memoir, Two Worlds: An Edinburgh Jewish Childhood. He moved to Edinburgh while still a young child, about the end of World War I, where his father, Rev. Dr. Salis Daiches was rabbi to Edinburgh's Jewish community. He studied at George Watson's College and won a scholarship to University of Edinburgh where he won the Elliot prize. He went to Oxford where he became the Elton exhibitioner, and was elected Fellow of Balliol College in 1936.
During World War II, he worked for the British Embassy in Washington, DC, producing pamphlets for the British Information Service and drafting speeches on British institutions and foreign policy.
Daiches' first published work was The Place of Meaning in Poetry, published in 1935. He was a prolific writer, producing works on English literature, Scottish literature, literary history and criticism as well as the broader role of literature in society and culture.
Daiches was the father of Jenni Calder, also a Scottish literary historian.
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June 2, 2014
Helpful, compact and deeply intelligent.
This is such a well-written little book. In the course of only 70 pages Daiches manages to discuss every main characters in Eliot's brick novel, and to draw interesting parallels between the ways the characters are portrayed and the way they act. I read this before writing a paper on George Eliot and "Middlemarch" - and Daiches has provided with me an insightful analysis and a deep inspiration.
This is such a well-written little book. In the course of only 70 pages Daiches manages to discuss every main characters in Eliot's brick novel, and to draw interesting parallels between the ways the characters are portrayed and the way they act. I read this before writing a paper on George Eliot and "Middlemarch" - and Daiches has provided with me an insightful analysis and a deep inspiration.
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June 3, 2020Still, after nearly 60 years, thought to be among the most effective of commentaries on Middlemarch. It does make assertions relative to change in the English novel which, nearly 60 years on, seem hardly necessary, but were probably much less obvious in 1963. It was worth reading for a quick review of the novel after reading its 900 pages.
September 19, 2019
I listened on Audible. Read superbly by Juliet Stevenson. A wonderful wonderful book which I’ve read many years ago and it repays returning to. I think The Mill on the Floss May be next. I remember loving that too
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