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hannasandmann's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
I definitely need to read this again. So glad I finally read a book from the 19th century that was written by a woman. It gives a whole new perspective and historical context.
echoess's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
stefania18's review against another edition
5.0
It is absolutely remarkable how Eliot built this intricate maze of social relations around the tenacious figure of Dorothea, her narrative skill enabling us to plunge into the fictional world of Middlemarch, where not even a Saint Theresa can escape the entanglements of the provincial lifestyle and to whose rules every member must faithfully adhere. The heroine stands out in this world through her ardor and zeal which brighten the lives of those around her even though she never fulfils her unknown grand goal.
sailor_marmar's review against another edition
emotional
funny
reflective
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? Yes
5.0
jennyluwho's review against another edition
3.0
‘Character is not cut in marble; it is not something solid and unalterable. It is something living and changing, and may become diseased as our bodies do.’
seaswift14's review
challenging
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
threegoodrats's review against another edition
3.0
3.5 My thoughts are here.
p. 194 "If we had a keen vision and feeling of all ordinary human life, it would be like hearing the grass grow and the squirrel's heart beat, and we should die of that roar which lies on the other side of silence. As it is, the quickest of us walk about well wadded with stupidity."
p. 299 "Solomon's Proverbs, I think, have omitted to say, that as the sore palate findeth grit, so an uneasy conscience heareth innuendos."
p. 498 "But what we call our despair is often only the painful eagerness of unfed hope."
p. 838 "For there is no creature whose inward being is so strong that it is not greatly determined by what lies outside it."
p. 194 "If we had a keen vision and feeling of all ordinary human life, it would be like hearing the grass grow and the squirrel's heart beat, and we should die of that roar which lies on the other side of silence. As it is, the quickest of us walk about well wadded with stupidity."
p. 299 "Solomon's Proverbs, I think, have omitted to say, that as the sore palate findeth grit, so an uneasy conscience heareth innuendos."
p. 498 "But what we call our despair is often only the painful eagerness of unfed hope."
p. 838 "For there is no creature whose inward being is so strong that it is not greatly determined by what lies outside it."