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Middlemarch
by George Eliot
Better than Austen.
Middlemarch is the story of "what comes next" after Jane Austen's happy-ending women marry. In reality, many end up trapped in loveless marriages, suffering silently like Dorothea or Lydgate, two of the main characters in this classic novel. Eliot writes with astute understanding and from experience. Living openly with the married George Henry Lewes for the last 20 years of her life undoubtedly gave her great insight into human nature, which is studied in depth within the pages of this novel. Eliot covers jealousy, disappointment, longing, loss of trust, and desperation so thoroughly. Anyone who has ever been in a failed relationship will instantly identify with her.
I imagined, while reading, Marian Evans entertaining herself daily with her writings; that she was writing herself a story, and enjoying the process. I enjoyed it along with her.
Middlemarch is the story of "what comes next" after Jane Austen's happy-ending women marry. In reality, many end up trapped in loveless marriages, suffering silently like Dorothea or Lydgate, two of the main characters in this classic novel. Eliot writes with astute understanding and from experience. Living openly with the married George Henry Lewes for the last 20 years of her life undoubtedly gave her great insight into human nature, which is studied in depth within the pages of this novel. Eliot covers jealousy, disappointment, longing, loss of trust, and desperation so thoroughly. Anyone who has ever been in a failed relationship will instantly identify with her.
I imagined, while reading, Marian Evans entertaining herself daily with her writings; that she was writing herself a story, and enjoying the process. I enjoyed it along with her.