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3.7k reviews for:
Middlemarch: (Barnes & Noble Collectible Editions) (Barnes & Noble Leatherbound Classics)
George Eliot
4.06 AVERAGE
3.7k reviews for:
Middlemarch: (Barnes & Noble Collectible Editions) (Barnes & Noble Leatherbound Classics)
George Eliot
4.06 AVERAGE
Un capolavoro, per la storia, per com'è scritto, per quello che aggiunge ad ogni situazione che per l'autrice diventa uno specchio dei tempi oltre che delle sue opinioni. In assoluto uno dei libri più belli che abbia mai letto.
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Loveable characters:
No
emotional
hopeful
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
There’s so much about this book to love that I don’t really feel qualified to write a review that could do it justice. It’s got an incredible comfortable quality that is very easy to sink into with its witty narration, slice of life quality, and characters real enough to feel familiar despite the separation of time.
The fascinating background of political history and social commentary puts the lives of the people depicted into rich context and fleshes them out in such a way that even the most trivial of their trials are deeply felt. It’s just so very human.
The fascinating background of political history and social commentary puts the lives of the people depicted into rich context and fleshes them out in such a way that even the most trivial of their trials are deeply felt. It’s just so very human.
A good novel, but hard to trudge through. Raises a lot of good issues about women's status and archaic traditions (archaic now), but a lot of the language was old-timely. Luckily I was reading it on a kindle so I could look at the definitions easily.
Overall thoughts:
Romasmand was a bad wife. She went too often behind her husband's back.
Deborah should have been totally free to marry who she wanted after her husband's death without such judgement.
Overall thoughts:
Romasmand was a bad wife. She went too often behind her husband's back.
Deborah should have been totally free to marry who she wanted after her husband's death without such judgement.
Ok, ok. So I did read this for school, but-oh my god if it hasn't become one of my favorite books. The ending line alone is phenomenal.
"But the effect of her being on those around her was incalculably diffusive: for the growing good of the world is partly dependent on unhistoric acts; and that things are not so ill with you and me as they might have been, is half owing to the number who lived faithfully a hidden life, and rest in unvisited tombs."
I love it I love it I love it
"But the effect of her being on those around her was incalculably diffusive: for the growing good of the world is partly dependent on unhistoric acts; and that things are not so ill with you and me as they might have been, is half owing to the number who lived faithfully a hidden life, and rest in unvisited tombs."
I love it I love it I love it
Middlemarch is one of my all-time favorite books. It deals with a small provential community in England in the early 1800s. The characters are appealing, their stories compelling, and I love the asides Eliot makes to the reader.
emotional
hopeful
reflective
relaxing
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
To be entirely honest, I have switched this to my "read" shelf because I am done reading it. But I didn't finish it. At this point in my life, I just found myself too impatient to read all 900 pages. I read the first half, which I enjoyed, but was not enthralled by, and then consulted Wikipedia to fill me in on the second half. I feel a little guilty about it. And I didn't quite know how to rate it. I think, had I read this earlier in my life, I would have really loved it. And I did enjoy it even now. But I did not enjoy it 900 pages worth. Three or four stars? I don't know.