Middlemarch
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Changing My Mind shows Zadie's consuming passion...comedians. In a chapter paying homage to George Eliot, she dispenses with Henry James's criticism that there's basically too much of Middlemarch with the light, deadly precision of a ballerina; later she admits weeping over the death of... In this article: Zadie Smith, Greta Garbo, Middlemarch, Penguin, Henry James, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Zora Neale Hurston, George Eliot, EM Forster, and Katherine Hepburn |
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Independent.co.uk - Commentators | October 16, 2009
Howard Jacobson: There's only one thing a sense of humour will get you - and that's into trouble
...terror on my part that does it. As long as you keep making jokes you don't have to listen to anybody else. What was it George Eliot wrote in Middlemarch about the necessity of a certain kind of moral deafness, without which we would die of the...
In this article: Jacqui Smith, Ivy League, Brooks Brothers, Hamlet, Surgery, Yorick, and George Eliot
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The Corner on National Review Online | October 02, 2009
Are Books Archaic? -- By: Lisa Schiffren
...before the advent of the Internet - which was, therefore not to blame, I have finally read, in full, George Eliot's masterpiece, Middlemarch. To be sure, it required extraordinary measures, including turning off my computer on weekends,...
In this article: George Eliot, Tufts University, Henry James, and New York Times
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Yahoo! News | October 02, 2009
Willy Wonka may star in stage musical (Reuters)
He is currently contemplating a number of film projects, particularly at Focus Features, where he is developing the George Eliot novel "Middlemarch," the cattle-herding saga "Butcher's Crossing" and the post-9/11 tale "Netherland" as producing...
In this article: Willy Wonka, Sam Mendes, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Warner Bros., Tim Burton, Cattle, Business partner, and Away We Go
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Daily Mail | September 23, 2009
Curvy female students are a 'perk of the job' says university chief
...girl in class who flashes her admiration and who asks for advice on her essays. What to do? 'Enjoy her! She's a perk.' In a reference to Middlemarch by George Eliot and The History Man by Malcolm Bradbury, he said: 'She doesn't yet know...
In this article: University of Buckingham, Times Higher Education, Malcolm Bradbury, Quality Assurance Agency, National Union, University and College Union, and The History Man
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BBC | September 23, 2009
Curvy students 'perk of the job'
...who flashes her admiration and who asks for advice on her essays. "What to do? Enjoy her! She's a perk." Referring to characters from Middlemarch by George Eliot and The History Man by Malcolm Bradbury, he added: "She doesn't yet know that...
In this article: University of Buckingham, George Eliot, Quality Assurance Agency, National Union, University and College Union, The History Man, and Malcolm Bradbury
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Telegraph.co.uk - Top ten stories | September 23, 2009
Vice-chancellor: female students are 'a perk'
...but I know of no later scandals. " But he added that some female students still "fantasise". In a reference to characters in Middlemarch, by George Eliot, and The History Man, by Malcolm Bradbury, he said: "She doesn't yet know...
In this article: Buckingham University, National Union, Malcolm Bradbury, Quality Assurance Agency, Times Higher Education, University and College Union, and National Student Survey
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Metro | September 23, 2009
Female university students a 'perk' for male lecturers
...who flashes her admiration and who asks for advice on her essays. What to do? "Enjoy her! She's a perk." Referencing characters from Middlemarch, by George Eliot and Malcolm Bradbury's The History Man, Dr Kealey added: "She doesn't yet...
In this article: Buckingham University, National Union, Times Higher Education, The History Man, Malcolm Bradbury, and George Eliot
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New Kerala | September 23, 2009
Flirty female students are 'a perk' for male academics, says Brit varsity VC!
...of no later scandals," he said. But he added that some female students still "fantasise", citing a reference to characters in Middlemarch, by George Eliot, and The History Man, by Malcolm Bradbury. "She doesn''''t yet know that you are...
In this article: Buckingham University, National Union, Times Higher Education, London, Quality Assurance Agency, and University and College Union
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FT.com - Comment and analysis | August 18, 2009
George Eliot wrote the book on moral hazard
...be imposing losses not just on him but on the butcher, the baker and the candlestick maker. You may damage your good reputation in Middlemarch. That leaves the final possibility - to say firmly that you will protect innocent tradespeople but...
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Mendes beats Scorsese to Middlemarch movie
...study of provincial life, religion and political reform. However unlikely its credentials for a film adaptation, George Eliot's Middlemarch appears to be destined for Hollywood, more than a century after it was written. And...
In this article: Sam Mendes, Martin Scorsese, George Eliot, Andrew Davies, Gosford Park, BBC TV, AS Byatt, Charles Dickens, and Universal
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Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life is a novel by George Eliot, the pen name of Mary Anne Evans, later Marian Evans. It is her seventh novel, begun in 1869 and then put aside during the final illness of Thornton Lewes, the son of her partner George Henry Lewes. During the following year Eliot resumed work, fusing together several stories into a coherent whole, and during 1871–72 the novel appeared in serial form. The first one-volume edition was published in 1874, and attracted large sales.
Subtitled "A Study of Provincial Life", the novel is set in the fictitious Midlands town of Middlemarch during the period 1830–32. It has a multiple plot with a large cast of characters, and in addition to its distinct though interlocking narratives it pursues a number of underlying themes, including the status of women, the nature of marriage, idealism and self-interest, religion and hypocrisy, political reform, and education. The pace is leisurely, the tone is mildly didactic (with an authorial voice that occasionally bursts through the narrative), and the canvas is very broad.
In general Middlemarch has retained its popularity and its status as one of the masterpieces of English fiction, although some reviewers have expressed dissatisfaction at the destiny recorded for Dorothea. From separate centuries Florence Nightingale and Kate Millet both remark on the eventual subordination of Dorothea's own dreams to those of her admirer, Ladislaw. However, Virginia Woolf gave the book unstinting praise, describing Middlemarch as “the magnificent book that, with all its imperfections, is one of the few English novels written for grown-up people”.
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