Middlemarch: The 150th Anniversary Edition introduced by Zadie Smith

One of the most admired, best loved, and influential novels in the history of English literature, Middlemarch is a timeless masterpiece that explores the complexities of human nature and society. This 150th anniversary gift edition is presented with an introduction by acclaimed author Zadie Smith.
Middlemarch is a novel by George Eliot that was first published in 1871. It is considered one of the most admired, best-loved, and influential novels in English literature and explores the complexities of human nature and society. This 150th anniversary gift edition is presented with an introduction by acclaimed author Zadie Smith.

Format: Hardback
Length: 928 pages
Publication date: 02 December 2021
Publisher: Vintage Publishing

Discover one of the most admired, best loved and influential novels in the history of English literature.

If we had a keen vision and feeling of all ordinary human life, we should see that it is made up of a great variety of elements, some of which are beautiful, others ugly, some noble, others base, some pure, others impure. But if we take a larger view, we shall see that these elements are all interdependent, and that they form a complex and interwoven whole.

Dorothea is bright, beautiful and rebellious. Lydgate is the ambitious new doctor in town. Both of them long to make a positive difference in the world. But their stories do not proceed as expected, and both they, and the other inhabitants of Middlemarch, must struggle to reconcile themselves to their fates and find their places in the world.

Middlemarch contains all of life: the rich and the poor, the conventional and the radical, literature and science, politics and romance, but above all it gives us a vision of what lies within the human heart.

George Eliot's novel was first published in eight instalments, in an innovative new style of serialisation. The earliest part, entitled "MIDDLEMARCH", Book 1 - Miss Brooke, was published on 1st December 1871. It was an instant commercial and critical success, and continues to captivate readers 150 years later.

**One of the BBC's 100 Novels That Shaped Our World**

Weight: 942g
Dimension: 145 x 226 x 62 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781784877569