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Middlemarch

George Eliot

Start date: November 1, 2014

Finish date: December 31, 2014

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Jun 21, 2015 Amle rated it really liked it

Shelves: classics, read-in-english

I would say that this is a story about connections. This little society, Middlemarch, with its inhabitants in so many ways connected to each other's lives and relying on so many different people to do something for them. All these characters looking to someone else to furnish their lives with wisdom, opinion, love, occupation, entertainment, financial stability, and even relying on others to be responsible for their happiness.

I admit that I found it difficult to like our main character Dorothea ...more

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Jul 11, 2013 ~Calyre~ rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 1001-books, british-literature, read-in-2013

Alors sortirent les jurés qui s'appelaient : M. Aveugle, M. Vaurien, M. Méchant, M. Luxurieux, M. Dissolu, M. Emporté, M. Hautain, M. Animosité, M. Menteur, M. Cruauté, M. Ténèbres, M. Implacable; chacun d'eux rendit son verdict personnel contre lui dans leurs entretiens particuliers, après quoi ils s'entendirent unanimement pour le proclamer coupable devant le juge. Mais d'abord ils s'exprimèrent entre eux; M. Aveugle, le premier juré, dit: Je vois clairement que cet homme est un hérétique. Pui ...more

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