NP: Middlemarch, May Group Read..No knowledge of hostess or readers

[Bekah]

Well,  yes,  I wouldn't read it with that group but Middlemarch is a  
pretty good book.   It's considered realist and Eliot points out the  
political implications of the industrial revolution on a "typical"  
rural English community named Middlemarch.   The heroine and a couple  
of other characters share the view that middle class males should  
gain the franchise.  (Eeks!)  The English Victorian class structure,   
from snobs and wanna-bes to class traitors is important, sometimes  
funny,  sometimes rather tragic, always "realistic."   Eliot was  
pretty left-wing for the times,  very critical of the society in  
which she lived.

Bekah

On Apr 24, 2009, at 11:22 AM, kelber at mindspring.com wrote:

> The "yumm" and "God Bless" are warning signals.  (Yeah, I'm a  
> fucking snob.  I don't deny it).
>
> Laura
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