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Middlemarch

A Study of Provincial Life

by George Eliot · 1872 · 880 pages

Patrick Collison
Patrick Collison
Stephen Hawking
Stephen Hawking
Christopher Hitchens
Christopher Hitchens
Recommended by 3 elites

Recommended by 3 Elites

Patrick Collison

Stephen Hawking

Christopher Hitchens

About This Book

Set in a fictional 19th-century Midlands town, the novel explores the lives of various residents against the backdrop of the Reform Act of 1832. It follows the idealism of Dorothea Brooke and Dr. Tertius Lydgate as they navigate the complexities of marriage, social expectations, and personal ambition.

Genres

HistoryFiction & LiteratureSociety & Politics

Topics

HypocrisyIdealismMarriageMedicineReligionSocial Reform

Book Details

Published

1872

Pages

880

Language

en

ISBN

9780141439549

Audiobook Available

35h 38m
Narrated by Juliet Stevenson

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