“Middlemarch” Resonates in the England of 2019. Why Middlemarch is the greatest British novel

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How George Eliot’s “Middlemarch” Resonates in the England of 2019

Two hundred years after the author’s birth, her observations about the U.K. electoral system and the innate conservatism of provincial life have a new relevance. By Rebecca Mead

Middlemarch: Jennifer Egan on how George Eliot’s unorthodox love life shaped her masterpiece The Middlemarch author found fulfilment in a relationship that society… THEGUARDIAN.COM BBC Culture

Middlemarch won our ‪#‎GreatBritishNovels‬ poll by a landslide.

Why Middlemarch is the greatest British novel

George Eliot’s sprawling tale of provincial life has triumphed in BBC Culture’s poll of the greatest British novels as voted by the rest of the world. Michael Gorra explains why.

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