MIDDLEMARCH

Middlemarch (1871-2) is the quintessential Victorian novel, depicting a concept of life and society free of the dogma of the past yet able to confront the scepticism that was taking over the age. In a panoramic sweep of the years leading up to the First Reform Bill of 1833, George Eliot explores nearly every subject of concern to modern life: art, religion, science, politics, self, society, human relationships.