Middlemarch: Illustrated Edition (Volume 1, Volume 2)

Author: (British) George Eliot
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Publication Date: 1987-07-01
Features: George Eliot was a 19th-century British female writer. Her main works in her lifetime consisted of a trilogy titled "Scenes of Clerical Life" and seven novels: "Adam Bede," "The Mill on the Floss," "Silas Marner," "Romola," "Felix Holt, the Radical," "Middlemarch," and "Daniel Deronda." After the publication of "Middlemarch," Eliot's psychological analysis techniques attracted critical attention. As later scholars delved deeper into Eliot's works, her psychological analysis techniques were widely recognized and highly praised by the literary community. With her innovative spirit, she secured a prominent position in both British literature and world literature. "Middlemarch" features two main themes. One is the disastrous marriage and the shattering of ideals of the idealistic young woman Dorothea, and the other is the tragic marriage and career failure of the young physician Dr. Lydgate. The author skillfully intertwines these two themes using techniques such as contrast, symmetry, parallelism, and repetition, incorporating numerous characters to successfully portray the disillusioned theme of "socially frustrated individuals."