内容简介
Middlemarchisacomplextaleofidealism,disillusion,profligacy,loyaltyandfrustratedlove.ThispenetratinganalysisofthelifeofanEnglishprovincialtownduringthetimeofsocialunrestpriortotheReformBillof1832istoldthroughthelivesofDorotheaBrookeandDrTertiusLydgateandincludesahostofotherparadigmcharacterswhoilluminatetheconditionofEnglishlifeinthemid-nineteenthcentury.HenryJamesdescribedMiddlemarchasa'treasurehouseofdetail'whileVirginiaWoolffamouslyendorsedGeorgeEliot'smasterpieceas'oneofthefewEnglishnovelswrittenforgrown-uppeople.