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Middlemarch | Study Guide

George Eliot

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Overview

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Author

George Eliot

Years Published

1871–72

Type

Novel

Genre

Tragedy

Perspective and Narrator

Middlemarch is narrated from a third-person omniscient point of view.

Tense

Middlemarch is narrated in the past tense.

About the Title

Middlemarch is the name of the town where the characters reside.

Diagrams

Partners in Philanthropy Friends Friends Tertius Lydgate Exceptional doctor; fails to meet his potential Adversaries Rosamund Vincy Lydgate Shallow social climber and narcissist Nicholas Bulstrode Religious hypocrite and wealthy banker Will Ladislaw Rebel and nonconformist; finds a career and soulmate Edward Casaubon Failed author and failed husband Dorothea Brooke Ardent idealist; settles for wifehood Camden Farebrother Beloved clergyman Spouses Soulmates Second Cousins Spouses Uncle
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Summary

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Characters

Dorothea Brooke Edward Casaubon Will Ladislaw Tertius Lydgate Rosamund Vincy Lydgate Nicholas Bulstrode Camden Farebrother

Symbols

Pier Glass Shortsightedness Portrait of Julia Casaubon The Web

Themes

The Definition of a Hero The Problem of Vocation The Quest for and Limits of Knowledge The Limits of Free Will and Moral Agency Marriage and Compatibility
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