Frankenstein, Or, The Modern PrometheusMiddlemarch is a novel by the English author George Eliot (Mary Anne Evans), first published in eight instalments (volumes) in 1871-1872. The novel is set in the fictitious Midlands town of Middlemarch during 1829-1832, and follows several distinct, intersecting stories with a large cast of characters. Issues include the status of women, the nature of marriage, idealism, self-interest, religion, hypocrisy, political reform, and education. Despite comic elements, Middlemarch is a work of realism encompassing historical events: the 1832 Reform Act, the beginnings of the railways, and the death of King George IV and succession of his brother, the Duke of Clarence (King William IV). It incorporates contemporary medicine and examines the reactionary views of a settled community facing unwelcome change. Eliot began writing the two pieces that would form Middlemarch in the years 1869-1870 and completed the novel in 1871. Although initial reviews were mixed, it is now seen widely as her best work and one of the great novels of the English language. |
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... mother had much desired to have a daughter , but I continued their single offspring . When I was about five years old , while making an excursion beyond the frontiers of Italy , they passed a week on the shores of the Lake of Como ...
... mother had much desired to have a daughter , but I continued their single offspring . When I was about five years old , while making an excursion beyond the frontiers of Italy , they passed a week on the shores of the Lake of Como ...
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... mother , was a widow with four children , of whom Justine was the third . This girl had always been the favourite of her father , but through a strange perversity , her mother could not endure her , and after the death of M. Moritz ...
... mother , was a widow with four children , of whom Justine was the third . This girl had always been the favourite of her father , but through a strange perversity , her mother could not endure her , and after the death of M. Moritz ...
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... mother . This picture is gone and was doubtless the temptation which urged the murderer to the deed . We have no trace of him at present , although our exertions to discover him are unremitted ; but they will not restore my beloved ...
... mother . This picture is gone and was doubtless the temptation which urged the murderer to the deed . We have no trace of him at present , although our exertions to discover him are unremitted ; but they will not restore my beloved ...
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Frankenstein, Or, The Modern Prometheus Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley,Mary Shelley Limited preview - 1993 |
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