Middlemarch
George EliotVirginia Woolf called it one of the few English novels written for grown-up people.
Why It's Lindy
Virginia Woolf called it one of the few English novels written for grown-up people. More than 150 years later it remains the standard for psychological realism in English fiction and the clearest demonstration that a novel can think as deeply as philosophy.
About This Volume
George Eliot's panoramic novel of provincial English life, weaving together the ambitions, marriages, compromises, and moral failures of an entire community. A study of character and consequence at a scale few novels have matched.
Frequently Asked
Why should I read Middlemarch?
Virginia Woolf called it one of the few English novels written for grown-up people. More than 150 years later it remains the standard for psychological realism in English fiction and the clearest demonstration that a novel can think as deeply as philosophy.
What is Middlemarch about?
George Eliot's panoramic novel of provincial English life, weaving together the ambitions, marriages, compromises, and moral failures of an entire community. A study of character and consequence at a scale few novels have matched.
