| Middlemarch Contributor(s): Eliot, George (Author) |
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ISBN: ISBN-13: 9798722804112 Publisher: Independently Published OUR PRICE: $42.29 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 2021 * 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: 1.52" H x 5.51" W x 8.5" (1.9 lbs) 690 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Middlemarch centres on the lives of residents of Middlemarch, a fictitious Midlands town, from 1829 onwards the years up to the 1832 Reform Act. The narrative is variably considered to consist of three or four plots with unequal emphasis: the life of Dorothea Brooke, the career of Tertius Lydgate, the courtship of Mary Garth by Fred Vincy, and the disgrace of Nicholas Bulstrode. The two main plots are those of Dorothea and Lydgate. Each plot occurs concurrently, although Bulstrode's is centred on the later chapters.Dorothea Brooke is a 19 year old orphan, living with her younger sister, Celia, as a ward of her uncle, Mr Brooke. Dorothea is an especially pious young woman, whose hobby involves the renovation of buildings belonging to the tenant farmers, although her uncle discourages her. Dorothea is courted by Sir James Chettam, a young man close to her own age, but she is oblivious to him. She is attracted instead to the Rev. Edward Casaubon, 45 year old scholar. Dorothea accepts Casaubon's offer of marriage, despite her sister's misgivings. Chettam is encouraged to turn his attention to Celia, who has developed an interest in him. |