George Eliot’s Middlemarch advertises itself as “A Study of Provincial Life,” but it has a great deal in it that might be of interest to Americans who just right now have some extra time on their ...

“Certain men are constitutionally incapable of reading one of the greatest novels ever written,” says the author, whose new novel is “Commitment.” Credit...Rebecca Clarke Supported by On my night ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook When asked to name 19th-century female writers, the one most likely to come to mind is Jane Austen ...

Rebecca Mead was 17 the first time she read Eliot's Middlemarch, and the book has remained a favorite ever since. But critic Meg Wolitzer says you... A New Look At George Eliot That's Surprisingly ...

We’re told no one reads for pleasure any more, but the popularity of Middlemarch in Silicon Valley and the rise of “booktok” give a glimpse of hope, says Phoebe Arslanagić-Little A new study has found ...

Here is a variation on a phrase you will encounter often in the course of reading about Middlemarch: “When I was such-and-such years old, I read Middlemarch for the first time.” Everything else ...

I first walked down the streets of Middlemarch and met its vivid inhabitants when I was an earnest 20-year-old English major. For me, George Eliot’s classic novel was not an assigned reading in a ...

All the eighty-six chapters in George Eliot’s magnum opus, “Middlemarch,” begin with epigraphs. The “Finale” chapter alone does not have one. Each epigraph essentially suggests the theme for the ...

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Meg Wolitzer's latest novel is The Interestings. I have to admit that the first time I tried to read Middlemarch by George Eliot, I ended up putting it aside after only 20 pages. My teenage self, ...