Middlemarch

Descripción

Written in 1871-2 and subtitled "A study of provincial life", this novel depicts a Midlands community in the years immediately before the First Reform Bill of 1832. The scope of the novel goes beyond this description, ranging from psychological analysis to the larger movements of European culture and history. In addition the novel dramatizes and explores some of the myths of Victorian literature within the context of English provincial life at a crucial historical moment.