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bohoautumn 's review for:
The Mill on the Floss
by George Eliot
While Jane Austen is lace and tea amidst neighbourhood gossip, George Eliot is grit and pain amidst the daily grind. Austen has a sharp wit and sharp eye for character nuances. Eliot however, is a master at deeper insight, imho. It is absolutely delicious to enter into the motivations behind a character's thoughts and behaviours. I find that Eliot laser-beams right to the core, every time.
Eliot's observations also make for very well-fleshed out characters. At least for the three central ones. Maggie, our leading lady, is multi-layerd. We know her, we love her, we feel her moral and romantic pains. Or she annoys us, but she leaves a real impact. This novel is also semi-autobiographical, which makes her childhood experiences particularly intriguing.
I didn't enjoy it as much as the soap-opera of Middlemarch, I'll likely never read it again. Yet Eliot always brings the beauty of rich characterization into my life.
Eliot's observations also make for very well-fleshed out characters. At least for the three central ones. Maggie, our leading lady, is multi-layerd. We know her, we love her, we feel her moral and romantic pains. Or she annoys us, but she leaves a real impact. This novel is also semi-autobiographical, which makes her childhood experiences particularly intriguing.
I didn't enjoy it as much as the soap-opera of Middlemarch, I'll likely never read it again. Yet Eliot always brings the beauty of rich characterization into my life.