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Middlemarch
George Eliot
Start Publishing LLC · Paperback · December 28, 2012
Reading lane: The Classics
This novel is set in the fictitious Midlands town of Middlemarch during the period 1830-32.
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- Authors
- George Eliot
- Publisher
- Start Publishing LLC
- Published
- December 28, 2012
- Format
- Paperback
- Theme
- The Classics · Historical Fiction
- Reading lane
- The Classics
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The Classics
Historical Fiction
Psychological Fiction
About This Book
This novel is set in the fictitious Midlands town of Middlemarch during the period 1830-32. It has a multiple plot with a large cast of characters, and in addition to its distinct though interlocking narratives, it pursues a number of underlying themes, including the status of women, the nature of marriage, idealism and self-interest, religion and hypocrisy, political reform, and education. The pace is leisurely, the tone is mildly didactic (with an authorial voice that occa...
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