Middlemarch
Frequently called the greatest novel in the English language.
“The growing good of the world is partly dependent on unhistoric acts; and that things are not so ill with you and me as they might have been is half o...”
Why It Matters
Frequently called the greatest novel in the English language. Eliot synthesized the moral seriousness of George Eliot with the technical resources of the realist novel at its peak. Middlemarch is the model and standard for the realist novel as a vehicle of moral and social wisdom; Virginia Woolf called it 'one of the few English novels written for grown-up people.'
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Personal reviewEliot is a very skilled complex writer. Each sentence can link together quite a few thoughts, so it’s a tougher read than most. Has some great insight into internal thinking processes, and all the characters were very believable. Not my favorite, but undeniably well done
Notable Quotes
“It is always fatal to have music or poetry interrupted.”
“If we had a keen vision and feeling of all ordinary human life, it would be like hearing the grass grow and the squirrel's heart beat, and we should die of that roar which lies on the other side of silence.”