Middlemarch by George Eliot
Publisher: Estes and Lauriat 1887
ISBN/ASIN: B004L9L3W0
Number of pages: 484
Vast and crowded, rich in irony and suspense, Middlemarch is richer still in character, with two of the era's most enduring characters, Dorothea Brooke, trapped in a loveless marriage, and Lydgate, an ambitious young doctor. This is a wonderfully sophisticated, intelligent book with sharp commentary on multiple social issues of her time.(and ours in certain aspects) All of the characters are wonderfully imperfect, restrained and original and are caught in the intriguing webs of dilemmas but their behaviors are very coherent with their characters and subcultures.
Literature & Fiction Literary George Eliot

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