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(1871-2)



Dorothea Brooke, a young woman of impeccable character, marries the embittered Mr. Casaubon, who almost immediately dies. Eliot takes the reader through a labyrinth of nineteenth-century morals and conventions as Dorothea searches for fulfillment and happiness.


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woman's question in Middlemarch, George Eliot

hey guys...i need help with an assignment...the topic is "woman's question in Middlemarch"....pls write in your suggestions....need to submit it within two days....::crash:

Posted By dia01 at Tue 19 Feb 2008, 6:39 AM in Middlemarch || 0 Replies

Women's Question in Middlemarch!

Hi Guys, I just finished reading Middlemarch. I loved it and hated it too . As much as dorethea appealed to me i cant help but be swayed by Mary and her clear headedness. And i got to think that who is actually the heroine of the novel. What did eliot think and if she is even interested in giving us a heroine or is it silly to read like that. Also i was wondering about the women's question in the novel? With respect to the times it was written, what does eliot want to convey about the women in the novel. Can any of you shed light on this for me What do you guys think.

Posted By UpasnaK at Tue 8 Jan 2008, 11:45 AM in Middlemarch || 0 Replies

Middlemarch

I have a question about George Eliot’s Middlemarch, but because I am only on Ch. 3 I beg of you, please no spoilers! This book seems very satirical to me. In the preface Eliot warns that a Saint Theresa born into an environment with fewer opportunities for heroic martyrdom will seem ridiculous, but even with that in mind, Dorothea seems a caricature. And not only Dorothea, but all the other characters seem equally absurd. Eliot’s other characters in other novels seem so realistic compared with those in Middlemarch. Am I reading this correctly or am I allowing my personal opinions to color my perception?

Posted By Psycheinaboat at Fri 9 Feb 2007, 8:34 AM in Middlemarch || 5 Replies

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The book just forces us to realize the conflict of ideal and reality.

Posted By richard tillich at Tue 24 May 2005, 6:07 PM in Middlemarch || 0 Replies

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What is George Eliot's real name?

Posted By gryffinKat at Sun 27 Jul 2003, 1:00 AM in Middlemarch || 7 Replies

wonderful read

Middlemarch sure is one of the classics of literature in that it is a detailed study of life. Some of the passages in the book are delicious if you are looking for intellectual stuff. I enjoyed the book thoroughly though one gets a bit impatient being quite long but then its something we could bear to have the satisfaction of completing an acclaimed classic.
The ending (i won't let it out though) quite dissapointed me but all in all its a book that you would not mind reading and would not mind remembering "I read that one"





Posted By thinley tharchen at Tue 24 May 2005, 6:03 PM in Middlemarch || 0 Replies

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