George Eliot

George Eliot lo pseudonimo di Marie Anne Evans. Fu iniziato nel 1869, e poi ripreso ne 1871 fondendo tra loro diverse storie che presero l'aspetto di un romanzo a puntate. La prima edizione in un unico volume venne pubblicata nel 1874, ottenendo un'ampia diffusione. Il romanzo ambientato a Middlemarch, una citt di fantasia dell'Inghilterra centrale, tra il 1830 e il 1832, ed composto da un intreccio di trame in cui figurano numerosi personaggi e ha per oggetto una grande variet di temi come lo status delle donne, la natura del matrimonio, il conflitto tra idealismo e interessi personali, tra spiritualit e ipocrisia religiosa, nonch le riforme politiche e mediche del tempo. A questo ampio canovaccio con molti personaggi si aggiunge spesso la voce dell'autrice, a volte didattica, a volte ironica, mai banale. Virginia Woolf descrisse Middlemarch come "uno dei pochi romanzi inglesi veramente per adulti". Secondo Princhett, "Nessun romanzo vittoriano si avvicina a Middlemarch, nell'ampiezza dei suoi riferimenti, il suo potere intellettuale o l'imperturbabile vastit della sua narrativa... dubito che qualsiasi altro romanziere abbia altrettanto da insegnare ai moderni scrittori quanto George Eliot... Nessun autore ha mai rappresentato le ambiguit delle scelte morali in maniera cos completa". Popolare fin dalla prima pubblicazione, il romanzo rimane uno dei pi letti della storia della letteratura, bench meno conosciuto in Italia. Nel Gennaio del 2007, un libro intitolato "The top ten" inser Middlemarch al numero dieci della classifica dei 10 libri pi importanti di tutti i tempi.

"Middlemarch" par George Eliot. George Eliot tait un romanci re britannique (1819-1880).

Silas Marner, the linen weaver of Raveloe, lives in a village on the brink of industrialization. Once he was a respected member of a narrow congregation, but the events that took place due to one of his cataleptic foots led to the loss of everything that he valued. Now he lives a withdrawn half?life and is an object of suspicion to his new neighbours. He exists only for his work and his golden guineas, but when his precious money is stolen and, shortly after, seemingly and mysteriously replaced by the child Eppie, Silas is awakened to life by the redemptive power of love...

Three plays based on George Eliot's classic novel, which can be performed as a trilogy or as standalone pieces. George Eliot's Middlemarch is peopled with some of literature's most memorable characters. In Geoffrey Beevers' dramatisation, all three interconnected plays can be performed as a trilogy, but each play can also stand on its own, telling the story of Middlemarch from the perspective of a different set of characters: from county, town and countryside. In Dorothea's Story, set among the big houses of the local aristocracy of Middlemarch, young, intelligent Dorothea is so enamoured of the pedantic Reverend Casaubon that she marries him, much to everyone's disbelief. But her friendship with Casaubon's young cousin Will Ladislaw arouses suspicions in her new husband, who will do anything to thwart their mutual affection. In The Doctor's Story, set in the town of Middlemarch itself, where everyone wants to know each other's business, idealistic Dr Lydgate arrives in Middlemarch determined to achieve great things. He catches the eye of the Mayor's beautiful, self-centred daughter Rosamond but is torn between ambition and loyalty as he is drawn into an alliance with a corrupt banker. In the poignant but light-hearted Fred and Mary's Story, set amongst hard-working countryfolk, Fred is trying to please his parents and become a country gentleman, but his childhood sweetheart Mary will have none of it. The Middlemarch Trilogy premiered at the Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond, in October 2013.

'she felt herself standing at the game of life with many eyes upon her, daring everything to win much' Gwendolen Harleth gambles her happiness when she marries a sadistic aristocrat for his money. Beautiful, neurotic, and self-centred, Gwendolen is trapped in an increasingly destructive relationship, and only her chance encounter with the idealistic Deronda seems to offer the hope of a brighter future. Deronda is searching for a vocation, and in embracing the Jewish cause he finds one that is both visionary and life-changing. Damaged by their pasts, and alienated from the society around them, they must both discover the values that will give their lives meaning. George Eliot's powerful novel is set in a Britain whose ruling class is decadent and materialistic, its power likely to be threatened by a politically emergent Germany. The novel's exploration of sexuality, guilt, and the will to power anticipates later developments in fiction, and its linking of the personal and the political in a context of social and economic crisis gives it especial relevance to the dominant issues of the twenty-first century. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

A stunningly compelling insight into the human struggle to find contentment Dorothea is bright, beautiful, and rebellious and has married the wrong man. Lydgate is the ambitious new doctor in town and has married the wrong woman. 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.