{"product_id":"middlemarch-paperback","title":"Middlemarch - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGeorge Eliot\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRosemary Ashton\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eRosemary Ashton\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeorge Eliot's Victorian masterpiece: a magnificent portrait of a provincial town and its inhabitants \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGeorge Eliot's novel, \u003ci\u003eMiddlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life\u003c\/i\u003e, explores a fictional nineteenth-century Midlands town in the midst of modern changes. The proposed Reform Bill promises political change; the building of railroads alters both the physical and cultural landscape; new scientific approaches to medicine incite public division; and scandal lurks behind respectability. The quiet drama of ordinary lives and flawed choices are played out in the complexly portrayed central characters of the novel--the idealistic Dorothea Brooke; the ambitious Dr. Lydgate; the spendthrift Fred Vincy; and the steadfast Mary Garth. The appearance of two outsiders further disrupts the town's equilibrium--Will Ladislaw, the spirited nephew of Dorothea's husband, the Rev. Edward Casaubon, and the sinister John Raffles, who threatens to expose the hidden past of one of the town's elite. \u003ci\u003eMiddlemarch\u003c\/i\u003e displays George Eliot's clear-eyed yet humane understanding of characters caught up in the mysterious unfolding of self-knowledge. This Penguin Classics edition uses the second edition of 1874 and features an introduction and notes by Eliot-biographer Rosemary Ashton. In her introduction, Ashton discusses themes of social change in \u003ci\u003eMiddlemarch\u003c\/i\u003e, and examines the novel as an imaginative embodiment of Eliot's humanist beliefs. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor more than sixty-five years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,500 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeorge Eliot\u003c\/b\u003e (Mary Ann Evans Cross) was born on November 22, 1819 at Arbury Farm, Warwickshire, England. She received an ordinary education and, upon leaving school at the age of sixteen, embarked on a program of independent study to further her intellectual growth. In 1841 she moved with her father to Coventry, where the influences of \"skeptics and rationalists\" swayed her from an intense religious devoutness to an eventual break with the church. The death of her father in 1849 left her with a small legacy and the freedom to pursue her literary inclinations. In 1851 she became the assistant editor of the \u003ci\u003eWestminster Review\u003c\/i\u003e, a position she held for three years. In 1854 came the fated meeting with George Henry Lewes, the gifted editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Leader\u003c\/i\u003e, who was to become her adviser and companion for the next twenty-four years. Her first book, \u003ci\u003eScenes of a Clerical Life\u003c\/i\u003e (1858), was followed by \u003ci\u003eAdam Bede\u003c\/i\u003e (1859), \u003ci\u003eThe Mill on the Floss\u003c\/i\u003e (1860), \u003ci\u003eSilas Marner \u003c\/i\u003e(1861), and \u003ci\u003eMiddlemarch\u003c\/i\u003e (1872). The death of Lewes, in 1878, left her stricken and lonely. On May 6, 1880, she married John Cross, a friend of long standing, and after a brief illness she died on December 22 of that year, in London. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eRosemary Ashton\u003c\/b\u003e, Professor of English Literature at University College, London, is the editor of the Penguin Classics edition of \u003ci\u003eMiddlemarch\u003c\/i\u003e.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 880\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.4 x 7.75 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 25, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Middlemarch\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upper Grades, 9-12\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 10.4\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 64\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51987606569261,"sku":"9780141439549","price":14.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/OU1iRTVTU1FIZFNvbWtabjQwbVlqUT09.webp?v=1776182962","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/middlemarch-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}