Review: Middlemarch

I first watched the BBC production of Middlemarch and was fascinated by the story. It intrigued me enough that I knew I would want to read the book eventually. However, I found the size of the book and that it was a classic to be a bit of a problem. I struggle with really long classical books (see Charles Dickens).

As I have said before I started and Audiobook journey and this was one of the books I picked up to listen too. It did not disappoint. I greatly enjoyed the plot.

I will say that it is a 35-hour long book. It takes a lot of time to read through and listen. The plot takes a while to take shape and there are many characters to follow with many different stories. I will admit that I got lost a few times and had to remind myself who was who and who was in love with whom.

Dorothea was an interesting character and the introduction of the book was in fact quite feminist. In the discussion of how women were expected to behave and what was expected of them. I got annoyed with a few characters who I thought were ridiculous and had no clue about how the real world worked. Just out of touch with reality.

I am going to look for more books by George Eliot in the future.