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Middlemarch

George Eliot

Start date: July 1, 2018

Finish date: September 30, 2018

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Jun 26, 2021 Laura (Reading is a Doing Word) rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: 2021-read, classics-trad-and-modern, books-i-own, all-time-favourites

Middlemarch - REVIEW

It’s so hard to review this book, I don’t know what I expected from Middlemarch, but I got more than I ever could have wished!
I scribbled some notes when I finished reading and I’ll try and make them coherent here:

GREATNESS
The aspiration to greatness - personal, spiritual or professional - is seen in many guises. Dorothea strives for a great, good work, Lydgate seeks professional greatness in his medical theories, Rosamond wants great social status, Brooke seeks political suc ...more

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Jun 17, 2017 Grace rated it it was amazing

Shelves: mccrum-s-100-greatest, 2017-reads

#21 in chronological order.... A 5 star wonder from the McCrum list category (see below). My second time to read Middlemarch. Still a bit hard to "get into" at first but oh so worth it.
An explanation of my star rating.
5= Truly cream of the crop. Amazing. In a wondrous realm of their own
4= Special and well written. Truly a good/maybe great book, but not a rare 5 star wonder.
3= Moments of brilliance, a pleasure to read. I'd recommend it.
2= An average book... since I'm not usually reading mass m ...more

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