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Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life
George Eliot
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Description for Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life
Paperback. One of the classic novels of English literature which was admired by Virginia Woolf as one of the few English novels written for grown-up people. This edition includes a critical introduction, and a rich selection of contextual materials, including contemporary reviews of the novel, other writings by George Eliot and historical documents. Editor(s): Maertz, Gregory. Series: Broadview Editions. Num Pages: 739 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 27. Weight in Grams: 784.
George Eliot's Middlemarch (1871-72) is one of the classic novels of English literature and was admired by Virginia Woolf as "one of the few English novels written for grown-up people." The complex main plot and many subplots revolve around Dorothea Brooke, an ardent young woman, and her relationship to three men: Casaubon, a clergyman and scholar twice her age; Lydgate, an ambitious young doctor who shares Dorothea's enthusiasm for reform but whose flaws compromise his ambitions; and Will Ladislaw, a young man of mysterious origins, romantic temperament, and artistic inclinations. A female Bildungsroman and a study of character and society ... Read more
George Eliot's Middlemarch (1871-72) is one of the classic novels of English literature and was admired by Virginia Woolf as "one of the few English novels written for grown-up people." The complex main plot and many subplots revolve around Dorothea Brooke, an ardent young woman, and her relationship to three men: Casaubon, a clergyman and scholar twice her age; Lydgate, an ambitious young doctor who shares Dorothea's enthusiasm for reform but whose flaws compromise his ambitions; and Will Ladislaw, a young man of mysterious origins, romantic temperament, and artistic inclinations. A female Bildungsroman and a study of character and society ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd Canada
Number of pages
744
Condition
New
Series
Broadview Editions
Number of Pages
744
Place of Publication
Peterborough, Canada
ISBN
9781551112336
SKU
V9781551112336
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Ref
99-1
About George Eliot
Gregory Maertz is an Associate Professor of English at Saint John's University in New York City. He is the editor of Cultural Interactions in the Romantic Age (SUNY Press, 1998).
Reviews for Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life
Broadview Press and editor Gregory Maertz have produced a text whose rich but judicious contextual annotation, notably highlighting Eliot's deep immersion in German culture, makes this a crucial edition of what is arguably the greatest Victorian novel of them all." - Michael McKeon, Rutgers University "Gregory Maertz's fine new edition of Middlemarch allows readers to consider the novel in ... Read more