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Middlemarch
by George Eliot
I read a chapter a day for 74 days, before succumbing to finishing the novel in the final 2 days. It became a staple of my daily routine. I would plan when or how I would read today’s allotted chapter. I read 14 other full-length novels whilst reading this one, and the amount of little connections between those novels and Middlemarch was quite eerie…
These characters now live in my brain. I think that’s the most succinct description of how I feel about this book. I have so much to say about the story, the prose, the layering of narratives and the switching of perspectives between characters. But in the end, the novel speaks for itself. I would recommend Middlemarch to anyone who has ever said anything positive about novels/poetry written before 1900.
Is it weird that I read this before reading anything by Jane Austen, Thomas Hardy, Mary Shelley or any of the Brontës?
These characters now live in my brain. I think that’s the most succinct description of how I feel about this book. I have so much to say about the story, the prose, the layering of narratives and the switching of perspectives between characters. But in the end, the novel speaks for itself. I would recommend Middlemarch to anyone who has ever said anything positive about novels/poetry written before 1900.
Is it weird that I read this before reading anything by Jane Austen, Thomas Hardy, Mary Shelley or any of the Brontës?