| Middlemarch: Masterpieces Contributor(s): Eliot, George (Author) |
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ISBN: ISBN-13: 9798581217412 Publisher: Independently Published OUR PRICE: $18.89 Product Type: Paperback Published: December 2020 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Historical - General - Fiction | Psychological |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 860 |
| Physical Information: 1.21" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (1.74 lbs) 598 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A Hasty MarriageYoung gentlewoman Dorothea Brooke lives with her sister Celia and her bachelor uncle Mr. Brooke in a house close to Middlemarch. With her keen mind, independent spirit, and puritanical and idealistic attitude, she isn't to everyone's taste. Her beauty, however, has made her the target of two men looking for a wife: the jovial and good-natured Sir James Chettam and the pale, erudite clergyman and scholar Edward Casaubon - a man 20 years her senior who spends most of his time researching for a book on the origin of myths. Dorothea is convinced that Chettam is interested in her sister and is almost offended when she is made aware of her misconception. Her childlike and idealistic view of marriage as a "state of higher duty" where the husband is "a sort of father, and could teach you even Hebrew" leads her to accept Casaubon's offer, whom she idolizes as someone of high intellectual and spiritual insight - both things that she longs for. Her choice surprises and appalls many of her friends and relatives: They consider Casaubon a dry bookworm who is much too old for Dorothea. The two marry quickly and set off on their honeymoon to Rome, where Casaubon is hoping to have time for his research. |