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Middlemarch Study Guide

by George Eliot

Middlemarch study guide contains a biography of George Eliot, literature essays, a complete e-text, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary and analysis.

Dorothea and Celia are two Middlemarch sister of marriageable age. Dorothea chooses Casaubon, a dried-up old scholar, for her husband, much to everyone's dismay. Celia, more sensible, chooses Sir James Chettam, a local nobleman who wanted to marry Dorothea, before she turned him down. Celia and Mr. Brooke, Dorothea's uncle, try to counsel her against marrying Casaubon, though she will not listen. Dorothea likes him because he is educated, and she wants to learn, though the marriage is a total mistake.

Dorothea and Casaubon get married; Casaubon hopes for someone to comfort and serve him, and Dorothea wants to be of use in his work. They go on honeymoon in Rome, and there they meet Will Ladislaw, Casaubon's young cousin, whom Casaubon…

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• Middlemarch Summary
• About Middlemarch
• Character List
• Major Themes
• Summary and Analysis of Chapters 1-11
• Summary and Analysis of Chapters 12-22
• Summary and Analysis of Chapters 23-33
• Summary and Analysis of Chapters 34-44
• Summary and Analysis of Chapters 45-55
• Summary and Analysis of Chapters 56-66
• Summary and Analysis of Chapters 67-77
• Summary and Analysis of Chapters 78-Finale
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