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Group Reads - Literature : Classic Group Read: Bleak House: Chapters 1-7		38	billiejean, Thursday 1:43am
What Are You Reading Now? : Your Favorite Book, Now a Movie		41	kaelirenee, Wednesday 5:14pm
Group Reads - Literature : MODERN GROUP READ: Midnight's Children: BOOK 1		25	Nickelini, Wednesday 3:09pm
50 Book Challenge : Sarah's 50		72	sarahelliot, Wednesday 5:19am
List Five Books Parlour Game : I'll meet you there		17	mountebank, Tuesday 9:34pm
What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 16 August 2008		267	Transcending, Tuesday 5:37pm
75 Books Challenge for 2008 : orangeena's 75 for 2008		67	Whisper1, Tuesday 10:01am
50 Book Challenge : i.should.b.reading 2008 challenge		129	i.should.b.reading, Monday 3:37pm
75 Books Challenge for 2008 : Hemlokgang's 75 Book Challenge		60	Whisper1, Monday 11:51am
Kindley Book Club : Whatcha reading part two		50	garrybuck, Sunday 12:02pm
Group Reads - Literature : The Group Reads Coffeehouse		47	kjellika, Saturday 4:40pm
50 Book Challenge : Marvas 2008 book counter		75	marvas, Saturday 3:54am
Group Reads - Sci-Fi : Coffeehouse		172	rojse, August 22
888 Challenge : lisalouhoo's 888		79	lisalouhoo, August 21
50 Book Challenge : HeathMochaFrost's reading for 2008		57	callmejacx, August 20
The Prizes : The Booker		160	kidzdoc, August 20
888 Challenge : shootingstarr7's		65	shootingstarr7, August 20
888 Challenge : christiguc - 888		68	christiguc, August 18
Group Reads - Literature : The Age of Innocence : Book 1 (Chapters I - XVIII)		33	nancyewhite, August 18
75 Books Challenge for 2008 : blackdogbooks year 2008		143	blackdogbooks, August 17
1001 Books to read before you die : LT1001 Favourite Reads: Lists of Ten		1	TheTortoise, August 16
1001 Books to read before you die : brochettes is trying to read 1001 books before she dies- and hopes that she lives a very long life..		4	brochettes, August 11
Girlybooks : What books by and/or about women are you reading May-August 08?		253	TerrierGirl, August 11
Book talk : Guess the book v3.0		303	dreamlikecheese, August 11
Anglophiles : 19th Century British Literature		41	Booksloth, August 11
888 Challenge : Nickelini's 888		31	Nickelini, August 10
Group Reads - Literature : MESSAGE BOARD - JULY 2008		23	TheTortoise, August 7
Reading Globally : Where in the World Are You Now? July 2008		107	rebeccanyc, August 5
Author Chat : Meg Waite Clayton, author of The Wednesday Sisters (July 1-15)		45	megwaiteclayton, August 4
50 Book Challenge : Yarb		11	yarb, August 1
888 Challenge : 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die		20	agatatera, August 1
What Are You Reading Now? : What is the Best Book you've read so far this year? April 2008		139	Whicker, July 31
Girlybooks : An Orange July		210	urania1, July 31
What Are You Reading Now? : Do you read voluminous books? Will you recommend them?		27	belinthesun, July 31
Anglophiles : British Television		230	digifish_books, July 31
What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 10 May 2008		180	jessicacurry, July 30
20-Something LibraryThingers : What's your favorite book in your library?		86	Jibrailis, July 30
Folio Society devotees : I Am Undone!		5	BorisG, July 29
Christianity : How do you avoid immoral books?		79	LOTRminasturiel, July 29
Awful Lit. : Books to be struck from HS reading lists!		161	benuathanasia, July 27
Book talk : What is the WORST book that youve ever red?		423	mckait, July 25
50 Book Challenge : Damiella's 2008 Book challenge		30	Damiella, July 20
50 Book Challenge : merry10's 2008 challenge		144	merry10, July 18
75 Books Challenge for 2008 : Reading Classics in 2008?		40	Whisper1, July 17
50 Book Challenge : Rarcar1's 50 Challenge		56	Rarcar1, July 16
Group Reads - Literature : Next Book Suggestions - After The Age of Innocence		210	klarusu, July 16
Atwoodians : Are you reading a book by or about Margaret Atwood currently?		28	wonderlake, July 15
1001 Books to read before you die : June 2008: Which Book from the 1001 List are You Reading?		104	billiejean, July 15
Group Reads - Literature : Middlemarch - Done!		23	klarusu, July 12
888 Challenge : anatomist's 888 challenge		7	anatomist, July 9
List Five Books Parlour Game : Green Glass Door		10	AMQS, July 2
Early Reviewers : 'The Collector of Worlds' by Iliya Troyanov		2	ablueidol, June 28
What Are You Reading Now? : Group Theme Reads and Single Title Group Reads		26	twomoredays, June 24
Group Reads - Literature : Next book suggestions - after Middlemarch		202	teelgee, June 23
What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 21 June 2008		3	teelgee, June 21
What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 14 June 2008		227	Talbin, June 21
Girlybooks : The Future of Theme Reads . . .comments requested.		62	avaland, June 20
What Are You Reading Now? : Top 3 Reads May 2008		57	hemlokgang, June 20
What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 7 June 2008		217	dperrings, June 17
1001 Books to read before you die : The 1001 "I've Read That" chain game		300	BKieras, June 16
What Are You Reading Now? : What Books Came Into Your Home Today? - May. 2008		236	annatapl, June 15
The Green Dragon : Books that make you buy more books		30	SpicyCat, June 12
888 Challenge : maryanntherese's 888		2	medievalmama, June 9
1001 Books to read before you die : Toughest books to get through		111	0bazooka0, June 7
Group Reads - Literature : Where are you reading from?		51	Sandydog1, June 5
Someone explain it to me... : Catcher in the Rye		24	Scratch, June 5
Reading Globally : Where in the world are you now? May 2008		98	avaland, June 5
Group Reads - Literature : Middlemarch: Book IV		10	klarusu, June 5
What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 24 May 2008		200	Joycepa, June 2
Group Reads - Literature : About George Eliot		18	megwaiteclayton, June 1
50 Book Challenge : A gathering place to chat		212	laytonwoman3rd, May 29
Group Reads - Literature : Middlemarch: Book 2		27	megwaiteclayton, May 28
Group Reads - Literature : Middlemarch: Book I		71	pechmerle, May 26
Group Reads - Literature : War and Peace: Volume 4, Part 1		7	laytonwoman3rd, May 24
What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 17 May 2008		187	Cariola, May 24
Reading Great Books : Great Books I have read		8	Sandydog1, May 24
Book talk : Desert Island Books		61	usnmm2, May 24
Group Reads - Literature : Middlemarch: book III		9	megwaiteclayton, May 23
Group Reads - Literature : MESSAGE BOARD - MAY 2008		20	fannyprice, May 20
50 Book Challenge : hemlokgang's 2008 reading list		39	hemlokgang, May 20
What Are You Reading Now? : Top 3 reads of April 2008		31	AnnaClaire, May 19
Awful Lit. : I Love You Guys!		68	Kplatypus, May 17
The Green Dragon : Visual Puns: Book Titles		201	Arctic-Stranger, May 17
Group Reads - Literature : Middlemarch Relationship Map		14	kjellika, May 15
1001 Books to read before you die : Romance on the list?		17	VivianeoftheLake, May 14
Group Reads - Literature : Middlemarch: Book V		10	ladygata, May 13
What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 19 April 2008		165	sandragon, May 12
What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 3 Mayl 2008		158	ellevee, May 12
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... once to ever keep up! Work days I often get 2/3 Mooches a day in the happy post slot! Plus, I just can't read things like Middlemarch and Bleak House in a day ;) .... sorry, thread hijack over!

Under the Lilacs by Louisa May Alcott Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen Howard's End by E.M. Forster Middlemarch by George Eliot Toujours Provence by Peter Mayle

... I find her a bit sickly-sweet so far. I'm hoping that as the story develops, so does she. I didn't like Dorothea in Middlemarch at the outset but she fast became one of my favourite characters as she grew throughout the book. I am really impressed with Dickens' descriptive powers - ...

... And for pulp fiction -- gotta go with Mystic River or maybe The Shining. For classics -- I love, love BBC's Middlemarch series. Fairly disappointed by the recent The Other Boleyn Girl, The Kite Runner. Although Atonement was pretty good.

#45 To kill a Mockingbird and Middlemarch are my favorites, too. Marvellous novels !!!

... introduction for those I haven't yet met: I live in Palo Alto, CA, and I'm a novelist. My favorite novels or all time are Middlemarch - which is how I found Group Reads - and To Kill a Mockingbird. Followed closely by everything Jane Austen. I haven't had time to read much since The Age ...

... truly awful classics, how about anything by Thomas Hardy, the truly boring Martin Chuzzlewit or the stupendously annoying Middlemarch?

1. Sense and Sensibility 2. Middlemarch 3. Nicholas Nickleby 4. David Copperfield 5. Tom Jones 6. Tess of the d'Urbervilles 7. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland 8. Wuthering Heights 9. The Picture of Dorian Gray 10. Jane Eyre

55th book (I wanted to count this as 8 books given that George Eliot divided it into 8 books, but my husband protested): Middlemarch, George Eliot. A superb book, though it took me 200 pages to get used to the pace which is rather slower than Jane Austen and Elizabeth Gaskell. I love Dorothea ...

... same "Library of Essential Writer" series. The four novels are: Adam Bede, The Mill on the Floss, Silas Marner, and Middlemarch. I had read Adam Bede in January.

... and Prejudiceby Jane Austen 4. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte 5. Robinson Crusoe by DanielDefoe 6. Middlemarch by George Eliot 7. Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert 8. Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy 9. To Kill a Mocking Bird by Harper ...

... just as it should be, all parts perfect and necessary. Next audio - I don't know. It's a bit like when I finished Middlemarch in the spring (though it's not even half so long!) - I don't want to let go of the book thief and her friends.

... is appealing, it sure is more satisfying to read heavier, but more engaging fare. For all the stuff that didn't happen in Middlemarch or Age of Innocence or Bleak House they were all page turners to me because they were filled with real people, living real lives, in, as the Olde Chinese Cur ...

On the issue of length: Over the last several months I have read Our Mutual Friend, 900+ pages, Middlemarch, 800+, Age of Innocence, 300+, Bleak House, 700+, and by the end of the week (I hope) Earth, 600+. Not only were all these books thick, but they were old too. Given ...

I'm taking a break from the English Midlands with Middlemarch to become embroiled in pre-revolutionary Russia in The State Counsellor: Further Adventures of Fandorin by Boris Akunin.

#134 What did you like so much in To Kill A Mockingbird that made you reread it three times? I love it too. Middlemarch is on my list to finish this summer.

... New and different doesn't exactly describe Rushdie either. I haven't read his stuff yet but if I can ever finish Middlemarch, Midnight's Children might be my first.

... Must stay away from the website ..... must stay away from the website .......... Unfortunately, there was a flaw on the Middlemarch binding but the customer service people were excellent about replacing it. I love buying things from nice people who make you feel happy about spending money! ...

Two novels I imagine will "live within me" forever: To kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee and Middlemarch by George Eliot. Two wonderful stories written by two magnificent authors.

... the following tomes: Cecilia The Doll by Boleslaw Prus A Harlot High and Low Lost Illusions The Maias Middlemarch The Mists of Avalon Robert Elsmere The Woman in White And most of Trollope’s Barsetshire/Palliser novels....

This year I've finished Middlemarch by George Eliot (900+ pages) and War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy (1,000+ pages), and I'll surely recommend them for those of you loving great realistic classic novels. Currently reading: "Forføreren. Erobreren. Oppdageren" by the contemporary Norwegian ...

... and Sons 33. The Water-Babies 34. Crime and Punishment 35. The Last Chronicle of Barset 36. The Moonstone 37. Middlemarch 38. In a Glass Darkly 39. Far from the Madding Crowd 40. Daniel Deronda 41. Return of the Native 42. King Solomon’s Mines 43. The Mayor of Cas ...

Currently reading Bleak House. Just finished two very interesting books with similar themes: Middlemarch and The Age of Innocence. I heartily recommend both to people who seek ideas in their reading. I love Dickens and his language is hard to beat. If you are not used to fully fleshed ...

... Mary Oliver's Red Bird, can take almost no time at all - but since I don't count pages, I think having read (listened to) Middlemarch during this year as well, it all kinda shakes out evenly. ;-) At 27, I'd say you're right on track to make 50. Good luck with it - and of course, enjoy it!

... Teelee - I have A Short history of Tractors waiting, it was my next Orange read, is it an easy read? or does it need Middlemarch concentration. If so, maybe I can read it fast before I start my library books. By the way you will love The Namesake.

... and physically!) so I don't want to rush through. I reckon that it will be pretty self-regulating anyway as the Middlemarch threads didn't seem to die too quickly (and I was late to the game on that one). Let's maybe not dive straight into the 'What's next' debate as soon as the ...

... I have Name of the Rose but never managed to finish it. I'm not going to say Eliot either because I only read half of Middlemarch and just started reading Daniel Deronda - I'm really liking that so far though. Out of the rest of the E authors I'd pick the Swedish author Per Olov Enquist ...

... I'm currently only sending within the US. Some books you may be interested in would include The War of the Worlds and Middlemarch My sister has added a few of her books to my inventory as well! She's eagerly awaiting her first mooch request!

... something a little different. I teach literature, so I've already read and studied most of the conventional classics (Middlemarch way more than once). As I saw it, the group is titled: Literature--Group Reads, not "Classics Reading Group." But maybe I should just forego the group if all ...

... read one DeLillo book over a decade ago and didn't like it and now I thought I'd give him another chance .... glad I did. Middlemarch by George Eliot - Totally LT! It was a Group Reads - Literature book and I loved it. The Virus Hunters by Joseph McCormick - I was returning books ...

Yeah Damiella!! Someone else who has not finished Middlemarch. I am about half way through the audio version of Age of Innocence though so that's something I guess. I really like Middlemarch but, I felt I needed something easier to alternate with, and since they were always easier to read I ...

Seeing I still haven't finished Middlemarch let alone STARTED Age of Innoncence I'll probably be sitting this one out - however I am in the middle of Don Quixote and Vanity Fair and have wanted to read Midnight's Children for a few years now so those are my 3 suggestions for this round. ( ...

Alternating between Middlemarch and Transport Revolutions: Moving People and Freight without Oil. Rather different books, but they have something in common: a lot of people and freight were moved without oil in the England of 1829, too.

I am reading 1776 by David McCullough. Decided to go for history for a couple of weeks. Then back to the classics? Middlemarch? Not sure... --k4k

... would just be adding books to my tbr pile ;-) Especially because I haven't even managed to finish War and Peace or Middlemarch yet. And I really want to take part this time as the semester is over and I actually have time to read whatever I want.

... Reads! I am touting LT everywhere these days, in large part because it's one of the few places in the world where I can say Middlemarch (one of my very favorite books in the world) without people rolling their eyes. I was definitely a reader long before I was a writer - and in fact am a ...

Middlemarch and North and South. I'm on vacation!

... by Elizabeth von Arnim The Deptford Trilogy by Robertson Davies (counting three novels as one) Books Reread Middlemarch by George Eliot

1. War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy 2. Middlemarch by George Elioot 3. Great Expectations by Charles Dickens 4. Growth of the Soil by Knut Hamsun 5. Galapagos by Kurt Vonnegut And I'm looking forward to To kill a Mockingbird and David Copperfield

... schizobibliomania as well, so you're definitely not alone. It's funny, one of the books currently on rotation for me is Middlemarch. I didn't particularly enjoy Adam Bede or Silas Marner, so I don't know what made me think this would be better, but that's a story for another time. Asi ...

... know, something canonical. I've read some really great stuff this way, though on the other hand...well, let's just say Middlemarch and I parted on rather frosty terms. Dorothea Brooke--Geeeeez, give it a REST. But that's a rant for some other forum.

... The Deptford Trilogy by Robertson Davies (counting three novels as one) The Plague of Doves by Louise Erdrich Middlemarch Yes, that's six, not five. Will sort out when the quarter's over and I see what else I've finished.

23. Middlemarch by George Eliot

... books were set texts in High School! When the book group I'm in was deciding what to read for our next book, I suggested Middlemarch by George Eliot, saying confidently that I'd read and enjoyed it in high school. Now we're reading it, I realise that it was Silas Marner we read in high ...

Year of Wonders - thanks Teelgee The Road Pride and Prejudice I hope to finish Middlemarch and get to Never Let Me Go. Thanks LT!

I've just finished Children of the Arbat by Anatoli Rybakov. Next is Middlemarch by George Eliot - I'm reading that for the book group I'm in - 6 weeks to get through 780 pages of type so small I'll need a magnifying glass. But I really enjoyed Silas Marner, so I'm looking forward to M ...

As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner My Antonia by Willa Cather The Road by Cormac McCarthy Middlemarch by George Eliot Call of the Wild by Jack London

I've been temporarily derailed from The Double Helix by catching up with Middlemarch for Group Reads - Literature Group. Nearly at the end of it now and so will be back to The Double Helix next. So many books, so little time!

Good question! Middlemarch - my mum has long been trying to persuade me to read this - it's her favourite book - and so when I saw the LT group read I thought it would be the perfect opportunity. I had read George Eliot (Silas Marner) at school but nothing since then. The End Of Mr Y - ...

... ~ David Copperfield is a very fine novel. But it will probably feel like 'light reading' after War and Peace and Middlemarch! :D

... is plowing through this series and I wanted to see what was holding her interest. I'm still working my was through Middlemarch (hangs head in shame), I'm slow but I am really enjoying it. I will start Age of innocence, for the next Group Read, but on audio hopefully I will get this ...

I've just started (as I'm about to finish Middlemarch, which I loved). Although I've read this before, it was about 10 years ago and I don't remember too much about it now (apart from that I thoroughly enjoyed it the first time round). I'm already thoroughly irritated by Archer and I'm only a ...

... it got great reviews and sounded like something that would interest me, particularly because it's a New York story. Middlemarch -- reread for an LT book group. Looking at the list, I see it is unusual for me in that all are fiction, and three of them are very recently published titles. ...

Middlemarch?

... to sign copies for sale. On George Eliot.....looking forward to reading this author. Toss up between Silas Marner and Middlemarch to start. Probably they will make a TBR stack in the not too distant future. On Baum, etc....Been looking for some good old, used copies of some of Baum's ...

... the (important) words have double letters... one-word titles: Blubber by Judy Blume Greenwitch by Susan Cooper Middlemarch by George Eliot Redwall by Brian Jacques Willow by Wayland Drew two-word titles: (The) Butterfly Tattoo by Philip Pullman Hidden Warrior by Lynn ...

... for my Pillow - Saiichi Maruya Oroonoko - Behn Slow Boats to China - Gavin Young Hyperion - Keats Middlemarch - Eliot We - Zamyatin The Tempest - Shakespeare The Castle - Kafka The Stories of Breece D'J Pancake The Turn of the Screw - Henry James ...

... I also have books from the 1001 list in other categories. They are: Jane Eyre, Bleak House, Family Matters, Middlemarch, Wide Sargasso Sea, Silk, and The Heat of the Day.

Middlemarch inspired me to read anything by George Eliot.

... and story to story is not a new thing, however it can be done with a variety of dexterity (it worked for me in Eliot’s Middlemarch, for example, but became simply a collection of interlinked stories in David Mitchell’s Cloud Atlas). Troyanovs use of this structure is better than some, ...

... just picked up Devil in the White City today from a local thrift store, glad to know its interesting. I still reading Middlemarch, yes still, but enjoying it a lot. I am also just starting The Forgery of Venus by Michael Gruber. I liked The Book of Air and Shadows so I have high ...

Books That Appear In More Than One Category 1. Sputnik Sweetheart - Japan, 1001 Books List 2. Perdido Street Station - Fantasy, Cyberpunk etc. 3. Autobiography of a Geisha - Japan, Non-Fiction 4. A River Runs Through It - Non-F ...

8. Classic Literature 1. Middlemarch 2. Northanger Abbey 3. Vanity Fair 4. Bleak House 5. The Mill on the Floss 6. The Mayor of Casterbridge 7. Tess of the D'Urbervilles 8. The Age of In ...

... PS: I'm still reading War and Peace (the first Group Read) for a couple of weeks, because I postponed it while reading Middlemarch.

I'm working on George Eliot's Middlemarch in installments. I just started book6--The Widow and The Wife.

... could do as kjellika suggests and have two threads - we could read either/or or both. There were multiple threads for both Middlemarch and War and Peace - would this be any different?

No, no - not at all. Just completed and reviewed it for my book club. It will see like a short story in comparison to Middlemarch. Might as well begin the voting for the next selection -speedy readers will whiz through it in a few days. Very good, though - Wharton's style is a very formal, slow ...

I'd certainly like to read some more of her stuff. Any recommendations for the non-fiction? 85. Middlemarch - read for a group discussion on LT. I enjoyed this more than I was expecting - the quiet humour, and the sharp eye on human motivations - but it was a little bit too didactic for me to ...

1. Middlemarch by George Eliot: totally deserves its reputation as a classic 2. Split: A Memoir of Divorce by Suzanne Finnamore 3. The Lace Reader by Brunonia Barry: this one was an ARC, but I'll definitely be recommending it to people in July

... through the "Classics". The group is called "Group Reads". We just finished War and Peace, are in the process of reading Middlemarch, and are about to select Madame Bovary for our next read. These books are neither specifically Christian in nature, nor are they full of filth. They do ...

My #1 book for May is Netherland by Joseph O'Neill. I spent most of the month reading Middlemarch, so that will have to count as #2. #1, VisibleGhost, I didn't enjoy Wolf Totem. I found it tedious as I've posted in the general What are You Reading< ...

#3 - Middlemarch is a fantastic read. It's too bad so many are put off by the novels girth; it does run a little slow, but Eliot's psychological portraits are virtually peerless. My May: 1. Humboldt's Gift by Saul Bellow I'm finally turned-on to this author after a lukewarm response ...

... look really good at first glance: Spark by Emma Neale Magnetic South by Sue Wootton and the big one: Middlemarch by George Eliot, for my book group - we meet monthly, but we're giving ourselves two months to read this one.

... by Dalia Sofer To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee (I am looking for any writings about her and Truman Capote) Middlemarch by George Eliot oops there is a 4th too I am rereading Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen and it is like reading it for the first time. Where was I the ...

... by Elfriede Jelinek 27- The call of the wild by Jack London 28- Silas Marner by George Eliot 29- Middlemarch by George Eliot 30- mistress of the art of death by Ariana Franklin 31- The size of the world by Joan Silber 32- The grass is singing by D ...

I know this discussion took place during the Middlemarch election - but it still amazes me to see flags showing up all over the world. I can't really express my awe at being involved in something that has attracted people from Northern Norway and Southern Austrailia, among other exotic (to me) ...

I just left George Eliot's England (Middlemarch) and am now back in Tolstoy's Russia (War and Peace). I guess I'll stay there until June 22.

31. Middlemarch by George Eliot 32. Ladies of Liberty by Cokie Roberts

... and other sweet spices... neat, eh? planned to buy from Waldenbooks: Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami Middlemarch by George Eliot if I get away with just those two, I will be shocked!

29. Esio Trot and Danny the Champion of the World by Roald Dahl. Some light entertainment post-Middlemarch. 30. Hard Times, For These Times by Charles Dickens. One of the more depressing of Dickens' books and certainly one of the shortest. For critiques of Victorian ...

... link to a recent piece by Zadie Smith in the Guardian on Middlemarch. I found it quite interesting - worth printing out to read again later.

I've finally completed Middlemarch so I can now justify introducing myself. I'm an Australian, living out in the country, chasing after school children and farming activities. LT has been great fun and enoyably expensive even though I'm switching to 2nd hand bookshops and libraries - I just ...

70. Middlemarch, George Eliot, 1871 Great Novel. England, 1832, landowners, farmers, minor gentry, bankers, lawyers, doctors, clergy, marriage, financial security, gossip, social class, philanthropy and the politics of parliamentary reform form the backdrop for the characters of Middlema ...