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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
Well, I finished the book on Friday and I don't like it quite as much as I did when I was 2/3 of the way through but I liked it better than I liked Pride and Prejudice. To me there were a lot of things wrong with the book but also some really good things.
I guess I probably don't like serial books that were written for publication a piece at a time. This book in particular, for me, seemed to have too many characters and none of them were developed enough for me to really feel much attachment. The ...more
I guess I probably don't like serial books that were written for publication a piece at a time. This book in particular, for me, seemed to have too many characters and none of them were developed enough for me to really feel much attachment. The ...more
#teamMaryGarth!
Finished early with #middlemarchmadness - I usually reach a point with readalongs where I hit the good part of a book and don't quit reading. Middlemarch is a novel that rewards re-reading. More details each time. A fascinatingly complex yet simple story. ...more
Finished early with #middlemarchmadness - I usually reach a point with readalongs where I hit the good part of a book and don't quit reading. Middlemarch is a novel that rewards re-reading. More details each time. A fascinatingly complex yet simple story. ...more
After reading this for almost a YEAR, and only making it to 55% done, I'm calling it quits. I read the plot summary on Wikipedia so that I could find out the ending, and I'm going to tell people I read it, because I spent so much darn time on it that I deserve that much. But I daresay I have never (attempted to) read a more boring book in my entire life. War and Peace was about 1000x better than this.
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Jul 20, 2008
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Jul 27, 2009
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Oct 12, 2009
Mounir
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May 02, 2011
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May 27, 2012
Michaela
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