Discuss George Eliots Middlemarch as a Victorian novel

Victorian society is rigid and strict. Money, wealth, and class structure are written in stone. Social position means a great deal in Middlemarch; it means how much respect a person gets, how people treat them, how they are regarded, etc. People of high status are generally treated more delicately than people with little money, like Lydgate and Will Ladislaw. Birth and connections are also important in determining a person's place, and also what benefits they will receive from society.