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Middlemarch

Middlemarch, A Study of Provincial Life is a novel by English author George Eliot, the pen name of Mary Ann Evans. It appeared in eight paper-bound instalments from December 1871 to December 1872, with a book version in four volumes published in parallel (the first volume is dated 1871 and the other three are dated 1872).

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Author
George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans)
Genre
Novel
Publisher
William Blackwood and Sons
Dewey Decimal
823.8
Followed by
Daniel Deronda
Language
English

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related to Characters · 92
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related to Bibliography · 84
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related to Marriage · 24
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related to A Study of Provincial Life · 22
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related to The "Woman Question" · 20
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MiddlemarchAuthorGeorge Eliot (Mary Ann Evans)1.00infobox
MiddlemarchDewey Decimal823.81.00infobox
MiddlemarchFollowed byDaniel Deronda1.00infobox
MiddlemarchGenreNovel1.00infobox
MiddlemarchLanguageEnglish1.00infobox
MiddlemarchMedia typePrint1.00infobox
MiddlemarchPreceded byFelix Holt, the Radical1.00infobox
MiddlemarchPublication placeUnited Kingdom1.00infobox
MiddlemarchPublished1871–18721.00infobox
MiddlemarchPublisherWilliam Blackwood and Sons1.00infobox
MiddlemarchSet inEnglish Midlands and briefly Rome, September 1829 – May 18321.00infobox
MiddlemarchTextMiddlemarch, A Study of Provincial Life at Wikisource1.00infobox
MiddlemarchWorking titleMiss Brooke1.00infobox
Middlemarchis aidea that Dorothea Brooke cannot hope to achieve the heroic stature of a figure like Saint Teresa0.90text
Middlemarchis atreasure-house of details0.90text

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