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Middlemarch

George Eliot (1819–1880)

88 chapters and parts · about 26 hours to read

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What the book is about

"Middlemarch" by George Eliot is a novel published in 1871-1872. Set in a fictional English Midlands town from 1829 to 1832, it weaves together multiple intersecting stories exploring the status of women, marriage, idealism, and political reform. The narrative follows Dorothea Brooke's search for purpose, Dr. Lydgate's medical ambitions, and several other inhabitants navigating love, debt, scandal, and social change against the backdrop of the approaching Reform Act of 1832.

This summary comes from the Project Gutenberg catalogue, where it was written automatically.

  • Bildungsromans
  • City and town life
  • Didactic fiction
  • Domestic fiction
  • England

Chapters

  1. Preludeabout 2 minutes
  2. Book I: Miss Brooke · Chapter Iabout 16 minutes
  3. Book I: Miss Brooke · Chapter IIabout 15 minutes
  4. Book I: Miss Brooke · Chapter IIIabout 22 minutes
  5. Book I: Miss Brooke · Chapter IVabout 14 minutes
  6. Book I: Miss Brooke · Chapter Vabout 17 minutes
  7. Book I: Miss Brooke · Chapter VIabout 21 minutes
  8. Book I: Miss Brooke · Chapter VIIabout 8 minutes
  9. Book I: Miss Brooke · Chapter VIIIabout 11 minutes
  10. Book I: Miss Brooke · Chapter IXabout 20 minutes
  11. Book I: Miss Brooke · Chapter Xabout 22 minutes
  12. Book I: Miss Brooke · Chapter XIabout 18 minutes
  13. Book I: Miss Brooke · Chapter XIIabout 33 minutes
  14. Book II: Old and Young · Chapter XIIIabout 19 minutes
  15. Book II: Old and Young · Chapter XIVabout 18 minutes
  16. Book II: Old and Young · Chapter XVabout 27 minutes
  17. Book II: Old and Young · Chapter XVIabout 26 minutes
  18. Book II: Old and Young · Chapter XVIIabout 17 minutes
  19. Book II: Old and Young · Chapter XVIIIabout 22 minutes
  20. Book II: Old and Young · Chapter XIXabout 7 minutes
  21. Book II: Old and Young · Chapter XXabout 23 minutes
  22. Book II: Old and Young · Chapter XXIabout 16 minutes
  23. Book II: Old and Young · Chapter XXIIabout 28 minutes
  24. Book III: Waiting for Death · Chapter XXIIIabout 24 minutes
  25. Book III: Waiting for Death · Chapter XXIVabout 23 minutes
  26. Book III: Waiting for Death · Chapter XXVabout 13 minutes
  27. Book III: Waiting for Death · Chapter XXVIabout 9 minutes
  28. Book III: Waiting for Death · Chapter XXVIIabout 17 minutes
  29. Book III: Waiting for Death · Chapter XXVIIIabout 10 minutes
  30. Book III: Waiting for Death · Chapter XXIXabout 15 minutes
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  1. Book III: Waiting for Death · Chapter XXXabout 13 minutes
  2. Book III: Waiting for Death · Chapter XXXIabout 19 minutes
  3. Book III: Waiting for Death · Chapter XXXIIabout 22 minutes
  4. Book III: Waiting for Death · Chapter XXXIIIabout 11 minutes
  5. Book IV: Three Love Problems · Chapter XXXIVabout 15 minutes
  6. Book IV: Three Love Problems · Chapter XXXVabout 22 minutes
  7. Book IV: Three Love Problems · Chapter XXXVIabout 29 minutes
  8. Book IV: Three Love Problems · Chapter XXXVIIabout 41 minutes
  9. Book IV: Three Love Problems · Chapter XXXVIIIabout 16 minutes
  10. Book IV: Three Love Problems · Chapter XXXIXabout 23 minutes
  11. Book IV: Three Love Problems · Chapter XLabout 27 minutes
  12. Book IV: Three Love Problems · Chapter XLIabout 10 minutes
  13. Book IV: Three Love Problems · Chapter XLIIabout 23 minutes
  14. Book V: The Dead Hand · Chapter XLIIIabout 13 minutes
  15. Book V: The Dead Hand · Chapter XLIVabout 6 minutes
  16. Book V: The Dead Hand · Chapter XLVabout 34 minutes
  17. Book V: The Dead Hand · Chapter XLVIabout 18 minutes
  18. Book V: The Dead Hand · Chapter XLVIIabout 11 minutes
  19. Book V: The Dead Hand · Chapter XLVIIIabout 18 minutes
  20. Book V: The Dead Hand · Chapter XLIXabout 7 minutes
  21. Book V: The Dead Hand · Chapter Labout 20 minutes
  22. Book V: The Dead Hand · Chapter LIabout 24 minutes
  23. Book V: The Dead Hand · Chapter LIIabout 18 minutes
  24. Book V: The Dead Hand · Chapter LIIIabout 26 minutes
  25. Book VI: The Widow and the Wife · Chapter LIVabout 23 minutes
  26. Book VI: The Widow and the Wife · Chapter LVabout 9 minutes
  27. Book VI: The Widow and the Wife · Chapter LVIabout 39 minutes
  28. Book VI: The Widow and the Wife · Chapter LVIIabout 19 minutes
  29. Book VI: The Widow and the Wife · Chapter LVIIIabout 37 minutes
  30. Book VI: The Widow and the Wife · Chapter LIXabout 6 minutes
  31. Book VI: The Widow and the Wife · Chapter LXabout 20 minutes
  32. Book VI: The Widow and the Wife · Chapter LXIabout 27 minutes
  33. Book VI: The Widow and the Wife · Chapter LXIIabout 22 minutes
  34. Book VII: Two Temptations · Chapter LXIIIabout 15 minutes
  35. Book VII: Two Temptations · Chapter LXIVabout 33 minutes
  36. Book VII: Two Temptations · Chapter LXVabout 10 minutes
  37. Book VII: Two Temptations · Chapter LXVIabout 19 minutes
  38. Book VII: Two Temptations · Chapter LXVIIabout 15 minutes
  39. Book VII: Two Temptations · Chapter LXVIIIabout 15 minutes
  40. Book VII: Two Temptations · Chapter LXIXabout 20 minutes
  41. Book VII: Two Temptations · Chapter LXXabout 24 minutes
  42. Book VII: Two Temptations · Chapter LXXIabout 32 minutes
  43. Book VIII: Sunset and Sunrise · Chapter LXXIIabout 7 minutes
  44. Book VIII: Sunset and Sunrise · Chapter LXXIIIabout 8 minutes
  45. Book VIII: Sunset and Sunrise · Chapter LXXIVabout 21 minutes
  46. Book VIII: Sunset and Sunrise · Chapter LXXVabout 15 minutes
  47. Book VIII: Sunset and Sunrise · Chapter LXXVIabout 20 minutes
  48. Book VIII: Sunset and Sunrise · Chapter LXXVIIabout 14 minutes
  49. Book VIII: Sunset and Sunrise · Chapter LXXVIIIabout 8 minutes
  50. Book VIII: Sunset and Sunrise · Chapter LXXIXabout 4 minutes
  51. Book VIII: Sunset and Sunrise · Chapter LXXXabout 12 minutes
  52. Book VIII: Sunset and Sunrise · Chapter LXXXIabout 19 minutes
  53. Book VIII: Sunset and Sunrise · Chapter LXXXIIabout 8 minutes
  54. Book VIII: Sunset and Sunrise · Chapter LXXXIIIabout 15 minutes
  55. Book VIII: Sunset and Sunrise · Chapter LXXXIVabout 18 minutes
  56. Book VIII: Sunset and Sunrise · Chapter LXXXVabout 6 minutes
  57. Book VIII: Sunset and Sunrise · Chapter LXXXVIabout 8 minutes
  58. Book VIII: Sunset and Sunrise · Finaleabout 14 minutes

Middlemarch, by George Eliot, is in the public domain in the United States. Text from Project Gutenberg, eBook #145, with thanks. Sureno removed Project Gutenberg's header and licence and set the text in large print; this is not an official Project Gutenberg edition. Outside the United States, check your own country's copyright rules before copying it.

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