Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life Hardcover – December 29, 2024

One of the greatest English novels ever written,Middlemarch by George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans) is set in a fictional English town from 1829 onwards. The story follows the lives of various residents as they navigate personal ambitions, societal expectations, and moral dilemmas.The two main plots revolve around Dorothea Brooke, an idealistic young woman who marries the wrong man in pursuit of intellectual and emotional fulfillment, and Tertius Lydgate, a brilliant but ambitious doctor whose career is undermined by his personal choices.""What do I think of 'Middlemarch'?" What do I think of glory – except that in a few instances this "mortal has already put on immortality." George Eliot was one. The mysteries of human nature surpass the "mysteries of redemption," for the infinite we only suppose, while we see the finite." — Emily Dickinson"There aren't many writers who are as thoroughly sincere and good as Eliot." — Vincent van Gogh Read more