Middlemarch by George Eliot

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Middlemarch

Sometimes described as the greatest novel in the English language, Middlemarch offers a compelling portrait of provincial life at the time of the Industrial Revolution.

The story centres on the idealistic Dorothea Brooke and the pioneering Tertius Lydgate and their disastrous marriages to unsuitable partners. George Eliot also draws on a huge cast of other finely drawn characters to reflect facets of humankind in all its frailty and complexity.

Using the microcosm of a country town, she explores issues such as class, faith, and politics with wit, wisdom, and insight. In this, her masterpiece, Eliot also examines what she called the * passions of the mind" - pursuits to which people dedicate their lives - in a way that is both entertaining and enlightening.