One of the BBC's '100 Novels That Shaped Our World'. HarperCollins is proud to present our range of timeless literary classics.
'People glorify all sorts of bravery except the bravery they might show on behalf of their nearest neighbours'
Rejecting the conventional narratives of the time, Middlemarch shows a realistic portrayal of Victorian village life. Peopling this ground-breaking work are Tertius Lydgate, a talented yet naive young doctor; Dorothea Brooke, stuck in a loveless marriage; and the religious hypocrite Bulstrode, hiding shocking crimes from his past.
An intricate story weaving together many lives, Middlemarch is described as one of the best-loved novels of all time and heralded as 'one of the few English novels written for grown-up people' by Virginia Woolf. It is a richly nuanced drama that is a quintessential English classic.
| ISBN: | 9780008509514 |
| Publication date: | 22nd July 2021 |
| Author: | George Eliot |
| Publisher: | William Collins an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 1008 pages |
| Series: | Collins Classics |
| Genres: |
Classic fiction: general and literary Social and cultural history Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers Literary theory Historical Fiction |
One of the BBC's '100 Novels That Shaped Our World'. HarperCollins is proud to present our range of timeless literary classics.
'People glorify all sorts of bravery except the bravery they might show on behalf of their nearest neighbours'
Rejecting the conventional narratives of the time, Middlemarch shows a realistic portrayal of Victorian village life. Peopling this ground-breaking work are Tertius Lydgate, a talented yet naive young doctor; Dorothea Brooke, stuck in a loveless marriage; and the religious hypocrite Bulstrode, hiding shocking crimes from his past.
An intricate story weaving together many lives, Middlemarch is described as one of the best-loved novels of all time and heralded as 'one of the few English novels written for grown-up people' by Virginia Woolf. It is a richly nuanced drama that is a quintessential English classic.
Middlemarch features in the following genres: Classic fiction: general and literary, Social and cultural history, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary theory, Historical Fiction
Middlemarch is available in Hardback, Paperback, Ebook, CD-Audio
Middlemarch was written by George Eliot and published by William Collins an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Middlemarch has 1008 pages
Yes it is part of Collins Classics series
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