Middlemarch it is now widely regarded as her best work and one of the greatest novels ever written in English. That is because all of his actions are tainted by his religious egotism and hypocrisy.

He is never, from start to finish, portrayed in a solely positive light. As well as publishing many articles on George Eliots fiction, he has written Chinua Achebe (1980) and other essays on African literature. For example, Rebecca Mead, author of the bestselling My Life in Middlemarch, whose fixation began with not being able to stop thinking about a fake George Eliot. Introduction to Middlemarch Throughout the novel, Eliot paints Bulstrode as a religious and moral bully who uses his wealth and power to exert control over other people.

In addition, the work incorporates contemporary medical science and examines the deeply reactionary mind-set found within a settled community facing the prospect of unwelcome change. About the author (2019) David Carroll is Emeritus Professor of English Literature at the University of Lancaster, edited the Clarendon edition of Middlemarch (1986). Although containing comical elements, Middlemarch is a work of realism that refers to many historical events: the 1832 Reform Act, the beginnings of the railways, the death of King George III, and the succession of his brother, the Duke of Clarence (the future King William IV). Significant themes include the status of women, the nature of marriage, idealism, self-interest, religion, hypocrisy, political reform, and education. 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 elaborately depicted characters. Middlemarch, A Study of Provincial Life is a novel by English author George Eliot, first published in eight volumes during 1871-2. Middlemarch is a book that grows with the reader as the reader grows, which is why, two hundred years after Eliot’s birth, a reader can find it always has something to say to her or to him.

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