This will be a personal reaction, not a proper review. And yes, 4 stars, which for a book of the stature of Middlemarch, translates as, “This is very good, but I was disappointed.” Middlemarch is the story of a number of people in an English town in the early 1830s, written decades later with the be...
Much to say. Proper review to come. This three-star rating may rise to four, once I think a bit more about its subtleties. There are many pleasures here, and lots to love: the ironic and cutting humour; the wonderful characters - Mrs. Cadwallader and Mr. Brooke almost Dickensian in their idiosync...
I actually cried when I finished this book. Not because it had a sad ending - but simply because I wanted more.
Middlemarch is a towering achievement. It's tough to find words strong enough to describe it; I mean, I just finished Madame Bovary and called it perfect, so where do I go from there? Middlemarch is almost three times as long and it's still perfect; that's more impressive. But Anna Karenina is prett...
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