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Middlemarch

George Eliot

Start date: November 1, 2014

Finish date: December 31, 2014

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Apr 17, 2023 Henry Avila rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

George Eliot's ( Mary Ann Evans) masterpiece, Middlemarch set in 1830 England about the aforesaid village's inhabitants and relationships with each other...not too well, this is a novel people. The basic characters or leading personalities Dorothea Brooke young extremely pretty, intelligent but naive orphan raised by a loving uncle Arthur, isn't too bright though with little sister Celia naturally adores her big sibling who unknowingly intermediates her. In a bad move DOROTHEA WEDS Edward Casaub George Eliot's ( Mary Ann Evans) masterpiece, Middlemarch set in 1830 England about the aforesaid village's inhabitants and relationships with each other...not too well, this is a novel people. The basic characters or leading personalities Dorothea Brooke young extremely pretty, intelligent but naive orphan raised by a loving uncle Arthur, isn't too bright though with little sister Celia naturally adores her big sibling who unknowingly intermediates her. In a bad move DOROTHEA WEDS Edward Casaubon a scholar, older bookworm... can you believe it?... (Others unstated here are supporting players). Tertius Lydgate idealistic , highly capable yet impoverished doctor beginning his practice, still an outsider thus not trusted here. Local established medicine men are unfriendly , the new ways unwelcome by them. While Dr.Lydgate struggle to be accepted working mostly in a free hospital and his new wife Rosamond from a prominent family of Vincy ( what there is in Middlemarch) the best looking woman in town but selfish. However she likes nice things the more expensive the better. Dr. Lydgate is afraid to intervene as bills pileup, go unpaid he has numerous patients that lack resources.What can he do ? Her family had opposed the marriage nevertheless nobody could say no to the lady. The big wheel in local society is Ncholas Bulstrode a religious hypocrite and wealthy banker with rather an unsavory background. When a mysterious, uncouth drunken stranger Rafferty appears... what connection has he to the great and powerful Mr. BULSTRODE...? Why is he afraid ...And unfortunate marriages dominates the plot in the era when to escape from them was impossible and scandals must be avoided at all cost otherwise life would become difficult if not impossible. This classic isn't just another but a great examination of society in a small town much more sophisticated than you can imagine. In the Pre -Victorian age people are different still however things haven't changed that much. . . As time passes this key work will never be forgotten, too good for obscurity and we are grateful. ...more

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