Middlemarch (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: Mary Ann Evans
- First Published: 1871
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Psychological realism
- Time of Work: Mid-nineteenth century
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction, Social realism
- Subjects: Philosophy or philosophers, Tradition, Power, personal or social, Love or romance, Nineteenth century, Marriage, Prejudices or antipathies, Villages, Doctors, Manners or customs, Social life, England or English people, Small-town life, Ambition, Idealism, Money, Orphans or orphanages, Gossip, Naivete, Debtors or creditors
- Locales: England
Places Discussed
Middlemarch. Fictional English village in which much of the novel’s action is centered. The book opens on the Middlemarch estate of the Brooke family, Tipton Grange, home to the orphaned sisters, Dorothea and Celia Brooke, and their uncle. The adjoining estate of Sir James Chettam, Freshitt Hall, whose land lies close to Tipton Grange, attaches property and money to the novel’s purpose. For this reason, Sir James is the logical suitor for the elder sister, Dorothea. Her interest lies, however, in the scholarly Reverend Edward Casaubon, of Lowick, five miles...
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