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Middlemarch

George Eliot

Start date: October 1, 2018

Finish date: December 31, 2018

Discussion: Middlemarch - Oct-Dec 2018

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Middlemarch - Oct-Dec 2018

Middlemarch - General Discussion
By Matthew , Assistant List Master · 13 posts · 20 views

last updated Nov 26, 2018 10:42AM

Middlemarch - slow going
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Oct 21, 2018 Matthew rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: classic, historical-fiction, completist-book-club, 2018

This was a big one! At times a slog, but not too bad in the end. I am very thankful for online summaries (Shmoop and Wikipedia) as they helped me gather and clarify my thoughts every few chapters or so.

While this book is large, I am guessing the fact that it is broken up into several smaller "books" means that at the time it was released it was delivered to the public in easier to swallow chunks. I did not look this up to confirm, but it would make sense. Instead of being 1000 pages total, it wo ...more

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Jul 07, 2023 Christine PNW rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Even better the second time than the first.

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Nov 25, 2024 Jess Penhallow rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: uk, 19th-century, own-ebook

Wow, I can't believe I've finally finished this! I started reading this at the beginning of the year with the aim to read a part a month and this style of reading really worked to keep me looking forward to coming back to these characters and not be bogged down. Yes, this was probably overly long with many plot points feeling like they were treading water for the majority of the book. But, this type of ensemble story was still quite unique for the time and George Eliot handles it masterfully.

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