ISBN: 9781492301196

George Eliot's Victorian masterpiece: a magnificent portrait of a provincial town and its inhabitantsGeorge Eliot’s novel, Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial … Más…

George Eliot's Victorian masterpiece: a magnificent portrait of a provincial town and its inhabitantsGeorge Eliot’s novel, Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life, explores a fictional nineteenth-century Midlands town in the midst of modern changes. The proposed Reform Bill promises political change; the building of railroads alters both the physical and cultural landscape; new scientific approaches to medicine incite public division; and scandal lurks behind respectability. The quiet drama of ordinary lives and flawed choices are played out in the complexly portrayed central characters of the novel—the idealistic Dorothea Brooke; the ambitious Dr. Lydgate; the spendthrift Fred Vincy; and the steadfast Mary Garth. The appearance of two outsiders further disrupts the town’s equilibrium—Will Ladislaw, the spirited nephew of Dorothea’s husband, the Rev. Edward Casaubon, and the sinister John Raffles, who threatens to expose the hidden past of one of the town’s elite. Middlemarch displays George Eliot’s clear-eyed yet humane understanding of characters caught up in the mysterious unfolding of self-knowledge. This Penguin Classics edition uses the second edition of 1874 and features an introduction and notes by Eliot-biographer Rosemary Ashton. In her introduction, Ashton discusses themes of social change in Middlemarch, and examines the novel as an imaginative embodiment of Eliot's humanist beliefs.For more than sixty-five years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,500 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. Trade Books>Trade Paperback>Fiction>Fiction Literary>Fict Literary, CreateSpace Publishing Core >1<

ISBN: 9781492301196

A deluxe Harper Perennial Legacy Edition, with an introduction from Francine Prose, award-winning and New York Times best-selling author of Reading Like a WriterGeorge Eliot’s belov… Más…

A deluxe Harper Perennial Legacy Edition, with an introduction from Francine Prose, award-winning and New York Times best-selling author of Reading Like a WriterGeorge Eliot’s beloved classic novel—hailed by Virginia Woolf as “masterful”—follows the life, loves, foibles, and politics of the residents of a fictional English town set amid the social unrest during the Industrial Revolution.A sprawling work set in a provincial English town, Middlemarch boasts a large cast of characters whose stories interweave against a backdrop of political upheaval.Instead of choosing to wed a wealthy landowner and settle for a comfortable life, Dorothea Brooke decides to marry Edward Casaubon—a dull scholar who is her senior by a few decades. Dorothea hopes the union will afford her with the opportunity to share in her husband’s intellectual pursuits, but even her best efforts can’t save the disastrous marriage. Meanwhile, idealistic doctor Tertius Lydgate has progressive ideas about the medical field, and he believes the village of Middlemarch is the place that will embrace his beliefs. But when he weds Rosamond Vincy, the mayor’s beautiful daughter, his ideals come into stark contrast with his new bride’s materialism and vanity, dooming their marriage from the start.Lastly, Rosamond's brother, Fred, is reluctantly destined for the Church. But his childhood sweetheart Mary Garth refuses to accept him until he settles into a more suitable career and one that interests him. But when circumstances lead to Fred losing a sizeable fortune that sets off a calamitous turn of events, he must reevaluate the choices he has made.As The Guardian notes, Middlemarch “looms above the mid-Victorian literary landscape like a cathedral of words,” offering readers a pivotal shaping of literary realism. Middlemarch is a masterwork of fiction that is as timely today as when it was first published. Trade Books>Trade Paperback>Fiction>Fiction Literary>Fict Literary, CreateSpace Publishing Core >1<

ISBN: 9781492301196

Middlemarch has been called one of the masterpieces of English fiction. Virginia Woolf described it as the magnificent book that, with all its imperfections, is one of the few English nov… Más…

Middlemarch has been called one of the masterpieces of English fiction. Virginia Woolf described it as the magnificent book that, with all its imperfections, is one of the few English novels written for grown-up people. The 700-plus page novel refuses to conform to the traditional novel structure. Instead of the story revolving around one person, there are a large cast of characters in interwoven narratives. The novel is a collection of relationships that together represent provincial life in a tale that was both experimental and radical for its time. George Eliot (the pen name of Mary Anne Evans) explores the status of women, the nature of marriage, idealism and self-interest, religion and hypocrisy. The novel was started in 1869 and explores the issues of the day -- from the beginnings of the railways to the death of King George IV. Trade Books>Trade Paperback>Fiction>Fiction Literary>Fict Literary, CreateSpace Publishing Core >1<

ISBN: 9781492301196

Paperback, [PU: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform], Middlemarch has been called one of the masterpieces of English fiction. Virginia Woolf described it as "the magnificent book … Más…

Paperback, [PU: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform], Middlemarch has been called one of the masterpieces of English fiction. Virginia Woolf described it as "the magnificent book that, with all its imperfections, is one of the few English novels written for grown-up people." The 700-plus page novel refuses to conform to the traditional novel structure. Instead of the story revolving around one person, there are a large cast of characters in interwoven narratives. The novel is a collection of relationships that together represent provincial life in a tale that was both experimental and radical for its time. George Eliot (the pen name of Mary Anne Evans) explores the status of women, the nature of marriage, idealism and self-interest, religion and hypocrisy. The novel was started in 1869 and explores the issues of the day -- from the beginnings of the railways to the death of King George IV., Classics<

ISBN: 9781492301196

Middlemarch, A Study of Provincial Life is a novel by English author George Eliot, first published in eight instalments (volumes) during 1871-2. The novel is set in the fictitious Midland… Más…

Middlemarch, A Study of Provincial Life is a novel by English author George Eliot, first published in eight instalments (volumes) during 1871-2. The novel is set in the fictitious Midlands town of Middlemarch during 1829-32, and it comprises several distinct (though intersecting) stories and a large cast of characters. Significant themes include the status of women, the nature of marriage, idealism, self-interest, religion, hypocrisy, political reform, and education. Trade Books>Trade Paperback>Fiction>Fiction Literary>Fict Literary, CreateSpace Publishing Core >1<