Middlemarch
English town novel
Middlemarch is a novel by George Eliot, published in 1871–72, widely considered one of the greatest works of English fiction.
Set in a provincial English town, it weaves together multiple storylines examining marriage, idealism, politics, and social change.
The title has become shorthand for the ambitious, psychologically rich Victorian novel: It's her Middlemarch—the book she'd been building toward her whole career.
- George EliotPseudonymous Victorian novelist
- DorotheaFeminine name, Greek origin
- GarthEnclosed garden area
- CalebMale given name
Rosamond · Fred · Mary · Celia · provincial · realism · Victorian · serialized
Formal union between partners
- vocationDedicated career path
- idealismBelief in noble principles
- reformImprove by correcting faults
- ambitionDesire for achievement
disillusionment · morality · hypocrisy · social change · aspiration · failure · compromise · sympathy
Accepting things as they are
- psychologicalOf the mind
- VictorianOf a prim era
- classicOf lasting excellence
- canonAccepted authoritative works
masterpiece · criticism · narrative · omniscient · epigraph · prelude · finale · study
Eliot
- George EliotPseudonymous Victorian novelist
- DorotheaFeminine name, Greek origin
- GarthEnclosed garden area
Rosamond · Caleb · Fred · Mary · Celia · provincial · realism · Victorian · serialized · omniscient
marriage
Formal union between partners
ambition · disillusionment · morality · hypocrisy · social change · aspiration · failure · compromise · sympathy · egoism
realism
Accepting things as they are
- psychologicalOf the mind
- VictorianOf a prim era
- classicOf lasting excellence
canon · masterpiece · criticism · narrative · omniscient · epigraph · prelude · finale · study · web
provincial
Regional or narrow-minded
countryside · gentry · landed · parish · 1830s · estates · manor · cottages · farms · market
- British LiteratureShakespeare, Dickens, Charles Dickens, Jane Austen, Austen
- British ClassicsPride and Prejudice, Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights, Great Expectations, Oliver Twist
- classicsHomer, Iliad, the Iliad, Odyssey, the Odyssey
- historical dramasBridgerton, Downton Abbey, Poldark, The Crown, Victoria
- MasterpiecesMona Lisa, Last Supper, Starry Night, The Scream, David
- British novelsPride and Prejudice, Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights, Great Expectations, Oliver Twist
Middlemarchflash fiction
Ultra-short story genre
short story · Animal Farm · The Great Gatsby · novella · brief
MiddlemarchMrs Dalloway
Ulysses · urban fiction · cosmopolitan · The Great Gatsby · Breakfast at Tiffany's
MiddlemarchUlysses
Greek hero, Latinized
Finnegans Wake · Mrs Dalloway · postmodern fiction · experimental fiction · stream-of-consciousness
march, border, middle, frontier, middleman, marchers, marcher, middlemost