2014, ISBN: 1500612359

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[EAN: 9781500612351], Neubuch, [PU: Createspace, United States], Brand New Book ***** Print on Demand *****. Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life is a novel by George Eliot, the pen name of Mary Anne Evans, later Marian Evans. It is her seventh novel, begun in 1869 and then put aside during the final illness of Thornton Lewes, the son of her companion George Henry Lewes. During the following year Eliot resumed work, fusing together several stories into a coherent whole, and during 1871-72 the novel appeared in serial form. The first one-volume edition was published in 1874 and attracted large sales. Subtitled A Study of Provincial Life, the novel is set in the fictitious Midlands town of Middlemarch, thought to be based on Coventry, during the period 1830-32. It has multiple plots with a large cast of characters, and in addition to its distinct though interlocking narratives it pursues a number of underlying themes, including the status of women, the nature of marriage, idealism, self-interest, religion, hypocrisy, political reform, and education. The pace is leisurely, the tone is mildly didactic (with an authorial voice that occasionally bursts through the narrative), and the canvas is very broad. Although it has some comical elements and comically named characters (Mr. Brooke, the tiny aunt Miss Noble, Mrs. Dollop), Middlemarch is a work of realism. Through the voices and opinions of different characters we become aware of various issues of the day: the Great Reform Bill, the beginnings of the railways, the death of King George IV, and the succession of his brother, the Duke of Clarence (who became King William IV). We learn something of the state of contemporary medical science. We also encounter the deeply reactionary mindset within a settled community facing the prospect of what to many is unwelcome change. The eight books which compose the novel are not autonomous entities, but reflect the form of the original serialisation. A short prelude introduces the idea of the latter-day St. Theresa, presaging the character Dorothea; a postscript or finale after the eighth book gives the post-novel fates of the main characters. Middlemarch has retained its popularity and status as one of the masterpieces of English fiction, although some reviewers have expressed dissatisfaction at the destiny recorded for Dorothea. In separate centuries, Florence Nightingale and Kate Millett both remarked on the eventual subordination of Dorothea s own dreams to those of her admirer, Ladislaw. However, in the epilogue George Eliot herself acknowledges the regrettable waste of Dorothea s potential, blaming social conditions. Virginia Woolf gave the book unstinting praise, describing Middlemarch as the magnificent book that, with all its imperfections, is one of the few English novels written for grown-up people. Martin Amis and Julian Barnes have cited it as probably the greatest novel in the English language. On 1 January 1869, George Eliot listed her tasks for the coming year in her journal. The list included A Novel called Middlemarch, along with a number of poetry and other projects. Her most recent novel, Felix Holt, had been published more than two years earlier and had not sold well. Despite this, the projected new novel was to be set in the same pre-Reform Bill England as Felix Holt, and would again deal with the reform issue, although less centrally. In its first conception, Middlemarch was a story involving Lydgate, an ambitious doctor, the Vincy family, and Mr. Featherstone. Progress on the novel was slow; by September, only three chapters of the story had been completed. The main reason for this lack of development was the distraction caused by the illness of Lewes s son Thornie, who was dying slowly of tuberculosis. Following his death on 19 October 1869, all work on the novel stopped. At this point, it is uncertain whether or not Eliot intended to revive the original project; in November 1870, more than a year later, she began work on an entirely new story, Miss Brooke, introducing Dorothea.<

2014, ISBN: 1500612359

[EAN: 9781500612351], Neubuch, [PU: Createspace, United States], Brand New Book ***** Print on Demand *****.Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life is a novel by George Eliot, the pen nam… Altro …

[EAN: 9781500612351], Neubuch, [PU: Createspace, United States], Brand New Book ***** Print on Demand *****.Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life is a novel by George Eliot, the pen name of Mary Anne Evans, later Marian Evans. It is her seventh novel, begun in 1869 and then put aside during the final illness of Thornton Lewes, the son of her companion George Henry Lewes. During the following year Eliot resumed work, fusing together several stories into a coherent whole, and during 1871-72 the novel appeared in serial form. The first one-volume edition was published in 1874 and attracted large sales. Subtitled A Study of Provincial Life, the novel is set in the fictitious Midlands town of Middlemarch, thought to be based on Coventry, during the period 1830-32. It has multiple plots with a large cast of characters, and in addition to its distinct though interlocking narratives it pursues a number of underlying themes, including the status of women, the nature of marriage, idealism, self-interest, religion, hypocrisy, political reform, and education. The pace is leisurely, the tone is mildly didactic (with an authorial voice that occasionally bursts through the narrative), and the canvas is very broad. Although it has some comical elements and comically named characters (Mr. Brooke, the tiny aunt Miss Noble, Mrs. Dollop), Middlemarch is a work of realism. Through the voices and opinions of different characters we become aware of various issues of the day: the Great Reform Bill, the beginnings of the railways, the death of King George IV, and the succession of his brother, the Duke of Clarence (who became King William IV). We learn something of the state of contemporary medical science. We also encounter the deeply reactionary mindset within a settled community facing the prospect of what to many is unwelcome change. The eight books which compose the novel are not autonomous entities, but reflect the form of the original serialisation. A short prelude introduces the idea of the latter-day St. Theresa, presaging the character Dorothea; a postscript or finale after the eighth book gives the post-novel fates of the main characters. Middlemarch has retained its popularity and status as one of the masterpieces of English fiction, although some reviewers have expressed dissatisfaction at the destiny recorded for Dorothea. In separate centuries, Florence Nightingale and Kate Millett both remarked on the eventual subordination of Dorothea s own dreams to those of her admirer, Ladislaw. However, in the epilogue George Eliot herself acknowledges the regrettable waste of Dorothea s potential, blaming social conditions. Virginia Woolf gave the book unstinting praise, describing Middlemarch as the magnificent book that, with all its imperfections, is one of the few English novels written for grown-up people. Martin Amis and Julian Barnes have cited it as probably the greatest novel in the English language. On 1 January 1869, George Eliot listed her tasks for the coming year in her journal. The list included A Novel called Middlemarch, along with a number of poetry and other projects. Her most recent novel, Felix Holt, had been published more than two years earlier and had not sold well. Despite this, the projected new novel was to be set in the same pre-Reform Bill England as Felix Holt, and would again deal with the reform issue, although less centrally. In its first conception, Middlemarch was a story involving Lydgate, an ambitious doctor, the Vincy family, and Mr. Featherstone. Progress on the novel was slow; by September, only three chapters of the story had been completed. The main reason for this lack of development was the distraction caused by the illness of Lewes s son Thornie, who was dying slowly of tuberculosis. Following his death on 19 October 1869, all work on the novel stopped. At this point, it is uncertain whether or not Eliot intended to revive the original project; in November 1870, more than a year later, she began work on an entirely new story, Miss Brooke, introducing Dorothea.<

ISBN: 9781500612351

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