Middlemarch by George Eliot

Middlemarch

George Eliot with Rosemary Ashton

852 pages • first pub 1871 (editions)

fiction classics historical literary challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
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Features Dorothea Brooke, a young idealist whose search for intellectual fulfilment leads her into a disastrous marriage to the pedantic scholar Casaubon; and the charming but tactless Dr Lydgate, whose marriage to the spendthrift beauty Rosamu...

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Community Reviews

4.05
based on 14,948 reviews

Moods

reflective: 76%

emotional: 59%

challenging: 45%

hopeful: 29%

funny: 25%

inspiring: 18%

lighthearted: 14%

relaxing: 13%

sad: 13%

informative: 10%

tense: 7%

adventurous: 5%

dark: 3%

mysterious: 2%

Pace

17% of readers chose medium
81% of readers chose slow
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

3% of readers chose Plot
30% of readers chose A mix
65% of readers chose Character
Plot
A mix
Character

Strong character development?

85% of readers chose Yes
10% of readers chose Complicated
3% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Loveable characters?

59% of readers chose Yes
32% of readers chose Complicated
7% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Diverse cast of characters?

20% of readers chose Yes
8% of readers chose Complicated
68% of readers chose No
3% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus?

82% of readers chose Yes
13% of readers chose Complicated
4% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

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