The Secret Lives of Middlemarch

"You can’t manage a man’s life for him, Dorothea"

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 03:49:00 -0400

“You can’t manage a man’s life for him, Dorothea”

- James Chettam speaking on Dorothea wanting to take on Lydgate’s debt

"It is so very hard to be disgraced here amongst the people that we know, and to live in such a..."

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 03:14:18 -0400

“It is so very hard to be disgraced here amongst the people that we know, and to live in such a miserable way. I wish I had died with the baby. - Rosamond”

whistlesing: — George Eliot, Middlemarch

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 00:38:37 -0400

whistlesing:

— George Eliot, Middlemarch

"He touched her ear and a little bit of neck under it with his lips, and they sat quite still for..."

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 00:37:19 -0400

“He touched her ear and a little bit of neck under it with his lips, and they sat quite still for many minutes which flowed by them like a small gurgling brook with the kisses of the sun upon it. Rosamond thought that no one could be more in love than she was; and Lydgate thought that after all his wild mistakes and absurd credulity, he had found perfect womanhood (…).”

- Middlemarch, George Eliot (via sketchofthepast)

The Nineteenth Century Sounds like it Sucked

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 00:35:08 -0400

reallybadwaitress:

Dear George Eliot,

When I got an email off my Department telling me your novel was on my reading list, I was expecting a nice, short little story.

Instead the most exciting thing that’s happened, 721 pages in, is the plan to build a railway line through a village.

Just so you know, the Nineteenth Century sounds like it sucked.

"The Notorious George Eliot. Ta-Nehisi Coates dares to compare Eliot with The Notorious B.I.G. He..."

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 00:32:35 -0400

“The Notorious George Eliot. Ta-Nehisi Coates dares to compare Eliot with The Notorious B.I.G. He pulls it off.”

- TA-NEHISI COATES writes for the Atlantic.

rufussewelldaily: Actual quote.

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 00:28:19 -0400

rufussewelldaily:

Actual quote.

the-maincharacter: Middlemarch

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 00:26:54 -0400

the-maincharacter:

Middlemarch

bookmania: from Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life by...

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 00:26:16 -0400

bookmania:

from Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life by George Eliot

The town of Middlemarch is really quite...

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 00:24:59 -0400

The town of Middlemarch is really quite pretty!

ianbrodiephoto:

Image of the Day

Hobbit Country Strath Taieri Middlemarch Otago

Middlemarch: WHY YOU SO LONG?!?

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 00:24:22 -0400

A ten-foot-tall panel illustrating the classic English novel by...

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 00:22:00 -0400

A ten-foot-tall panel illustrating the classic English novel by George Eliot. Click in and scroll down for the whole story.

Found here

Photo

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 00:17:38 -0400

"It is a misfortune, in some senses: I feed too much on the inward sources; I live too much with the..."

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 00:17:11 -0400

“It is a misfortune, in some senses: I feed too much on the inward sources; I live too much with the dead. My mind is something like the ghost of an ancient, wandering about the world and trying mentally to construct it as it used to be, in spite of ruin and confusing changes.”

- Mr. Casaubon, Middlemarch

The moment when every literary scholar who reads this novel uncomfortably side-eyes the text in their hands because, shit, this is sort of what some of us think we do. And George Eliot— one of our patron saints, if you will — thinks it’s ridiculous.

(via linguaphile)

& so Middlemarch begins.. mymiddlemarch: Chapter...

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 00:13:25 -0400

& so Middlemarch begins..

mymiddlemarch:

Chapter One

Summary in 25 words or less: Dorothea and Celia live at Tipton Grange with their uncle. While waiting for dinner guests, the sisters discuss some jewelry their late mother left them.

Favorite quote from Chapter One: “…so much subtler is a human mind than the outside tissues which make a sort of blazonry or clock-face for it.”

Material Girl: Rosamond convinces her husband about the many...

Wed, 14 Mar 2012 22:48:00 -0400

Material Girl: Rosamond convinces her husband about the many positives of Protein Powder. Just look at that smile!

Naumann the Painter makes another sketch of Dorothea, this time...

Wed, 14 Mar 2012 22:45:54 -0400

Naumann the Painter makes another sketch of Dorothea, this time with permission from the beau.

We found this in Casaubon’s closet…after he died....

Wed, 14 Mar 2012 22:18:21 -0400

We found this in Casaubon’s closet…after he died. Click through to see more delightful and efficient plot summary.

mymiddlemarch:

Chapter 16. Summary in 25 words or less: Hosted by Mr. Vincy, the men discuss local politics, enjoy music, and play cards. Lydgate admires Rosamond, but intends to work awhile before getting married.

Favorite quote from Chapter 16: “But I have noticed that one always believes one’s own town to be more stupid than any other.”

rufussewelldaily: …I couldn’t resist. ;)

Wed, 14 Mar 2012 22:17:24 -0400

rufussewelldaily:

…I couldn’t resist. ;)

Mrs Cadwallader and Celia now hiring!

Wed, 14 Mar 2012 21:37:00 -0400

Mrs Cadwallader and Celia now hiring!