Middlemarch

Middlemarch


Comprised of several intersecting stories and incorporating historical events like the beginning of railways, the 1832 Reform Act, and the death of King George IV, George Eliot created this fictitious town, the novel's namesake, Middlemarch, A Study of Provincial Life. Eliot's novel was first published in eight installments in 1871-1872. The work includes medical science of the time and its theme is unwanted change in a close-knit community.


Table of Contents

BOOK ONE: Miss Brooke

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

BOOK TWO: Old and Young

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

Chapter 17

Chapter 18

Chapter 19

Chapter 20

Chapter 21

Chapter 22

BOOK THREE: Waiting for Death

Chapter 23

Chapter 24

Chapter 25

Chapter 26

Chapter 27

Chapter 28

Chapter 29

Chapter 30

Chapter 31

Chapter 32

Chapter 33

BOOOK FOUR: Three Love Problems

Chapter 34

Chapter 35

Chapter 36

Chapter 37

Chapter 38

Chapter 39

Chapter 40

Chapter 41

Chapter 42

BOOK Five: The Dead Hand

Chapter 43

Chapter 44

Chapter 45

Chapter 46

Chapter 47

Chapter 48

Chapter 49

Chapter 50

Chapter 51

Chapter 52

Chapter 53

BOOOK SIX: The Widow and the Wife

Chapter 54

Chapter 55

Chapter 56

Chapter 57

Chapter 58

Chapter 59

Chapter 60

Chapter 61

Chapter 62

BOOK SEVEN: Two Temptations

Chapter 63

Chapter 64

Chapter 65

Chapter 66

Chapter 67

Chapter 68

Chapter 69

Chapter 70

Chapter 71

BOOK EIGHT: Sunrise and Sunset

Chapter 72

Chapter 73

Chapter 74

Chapter 75

Chapter 76

Chapter 77

Chapter 78

Chapter 79

Chapter 80

Chapter 81

Chapter 82

Chapter 83

Chapter 84

Chapter 85

Chapter 86

Finale

Return to the George Eliot library.

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