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Alright, so I knew Middlemarch would be great. After all, Harold Bloom cites it (along with Bleak House) as "the canonical novel" and Virginia Woolf called it "magnificent." However, I did not expect to finish this 853 page behemoth in seven days, and I certainly did not expect the writing to be quite so lovely. I was expecting writing similar to Austen or the Bronte sisters; what I got was Tolstoy in English, with just a dash of Proust.
It's hard to write this review without comparing Eliot ...more
Alright, so I knew Middlemarch would be great. After all, Harold Bloom cites it (along with Bleak House) as "the canonical novel" and Virginia Woolf called it "magnificent." However, I did not expect to finish this 853 page behemoth in seven days, and I certainly did not expect the writing to be quite so lovely. I was expecting writing similar to Austen or the Bronte sisters; what I got was Tolstoy in English, with just a dash of Proust.
It's hard to write this review without comparing Eliot ...more
"Looks like we made it
Look how far we've come my baby
We mighta took the long way
We knew we'd get there someday
They said, 'I bet they'll never make it'
But just look at us holding on!"
-Shania Twain after reading Middlemarch ...more
Look how far we've come my baby
We mighta took the long way
We knew we'd get there someday
They said, 'I bet they'll never make it'
But just look at us holding on!"
-Shania Twain after reading Middlemarch ...more
Even though I enjoyed much of it, this was a hard one to get through this time around. It didn't hold up to a second reading! I remember loving it the first time around! What's up? How have I changed? Because I know the book didn't! :) It's a huge book with a very simple story. Most of the book is telling and not showing. It kind of made me crazy. But, I liked the simple story and I enjoyed the characters, so three stars still for me.
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Sep 27, 2009
Heather (DeathByBook)
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Josephine (biblioseph)
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