Middlemarch is a complex tale of idealism disillusion profligacy loyalty & frustrated love. This penetrating analysis of the life of an English provincial town during the time of social unrest prior to the Reform Bill of 1832 is told through the lives of Dorothea Brooke & Dr Tertius Lydgate &

Includes:: a host of other paradigm characters who illuminate the condition of English life in the mid-nineteenth century. Henry James described Middlemarch as a 'treasurehouse of detail' while Virginia Woolf famously endorsed George Eliot's masterpiece as 'one of the few English novels written for grown-up people.

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Writing at the very moment when the foundations of Western thought were being challenged & undermined George Eliot fashions in Middlemarch (1871-2) the quintessential Victorian novel a concept of life & society free from the dogma of the past yet able to confront the scepticism that was taking over the age. In a panoramic sweep of English life during thr years leading up to the First Reform Bill of 1832 Eliot explores nearly every subject of concern to modern life: art religion science politics self society human relationships. Among her characters are some of the most remarkable portraits in English literature: Dorothea Brooke the heroine idealistic but naive; Rosamond Vincy beautiful & egoistic: Edward Casaubon the dry-as-dust scholar: Tertius Lydgate the brilliant but morally-flawed physician: the passionate artist Will Ladislaw: & Fred Vincey & Mary Garth childhood sweethearts whose charming courtship is one of the many humorous elements in the novel's rich comic vein. Felicia Bonaparte has provided a new Introduction for this updated edition the text of which is taken from David Carroll's Clarendon Middlemarch (1986) the first critical edition. 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 & much more. ...

Part of Penguins beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith these delectable & collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design. George Eliots most ambitious novel is a masterly evocation of diverse lives & changing fortunes in a provincial community. Peopling its landscape are Dorothea Brooke a young idealist whose search for intellectual fulfillment leads her into a disastrous marriage to the pedantic scholar Casaubon; the charming but tactless Dr Lydgate whose marriage to the spendthrift beauty Rosamund & pioneering medical methods threaten to undermine his career; & the religious hypocrite Bulstrode hiding scandalous crimes from his past. As their stories interweave George Eliot creates a richly nuanced & moving drama hailed by Virginia Woolf as one of the few English novels written for adult people. ...

George Eliots most ambitious novel is a masterly evocation of diverse lives & changing fortunes in a provincial community. Peopling its landscape are Dorothea Brooke a young idealist whose search for intellectual fulfillment leads her into a disastrous marriage to the pedantic scholar Casaubon; the charming but tactless Dr Lydgate whose marriage to the spendthrift beauty Rosamund & pioneering medical methods threaten to undermine his career; & the religious hypocrite Bulstrode hiding scandalous crimes from his past. As their stories interweave George Eliot creates a richly nuanced & moving drama hailed by Virginia Woolf as one of the few English novels written for adult people. ...

Perfect for day trips & short breaks the OS Landranger Map series covers Great Britain with 204 detailed maps. Each map provides all the information you need to get to know your local area &

Includes:: places of interest tourist information picnic areas & camp sites plus Rights of Way information for England & Wales.

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Middlesbrough & Teesside are renowned for their association with the iron & steel industry. Iron has been produced there on an industrial scale since the 1850s when Cleveland ironstone was discovered in the Eston Hills. By 1866 there were fifty-eight blast furnaces in Middlesbrough Cargo Fleet Eston (South Bank) & Port Clarence & the growth & subsequent decline of the iron & steel industry is in many ways the history of Middlesbrough itself. Any uninformed visitor could be forgiven for overlooking this heritage however as there are so few remaining architectural reminders of that historical association; the furnaces & mills have been demolished the corporate buildings are now night clubs or pubs the river is less polluted the air is cleaner & quieter. These images trace the changing landscape from the latter half of the nineteenth century through time to the late 1960s when the industry was nationalised. ...

I was born twice: first as a baby girl on a remarkably smogless Detroit day of January 1960; & then again as a teenage boy in an emergency room near Petoskey Michigan in August of l 974.. . My birth certificate lists my name as Calliope Helen Stephanides. My most recent drivers license.. .records my first name simply as Cal. So begins the breathtaking story of Calliope Stephanides & three generations of the Greek-American Stephanides family who travel from a tiny village overlooking Mount Olympus in Asia Minor to Prohibition era Detroit witnessing its glory days as the Motor City & the race riots of l 967 before they move out to the tree-lined streets of suburban Grosse Point Michigan. To understand why Calliope is not like other girls she has to uncover a guilty family secret & the astonishing genetic history that turns Callie into Cal one of the most audacious & wondrous narrators in contemporary fiction. Lyrical & thrilling Middlesex is an exhilarating reinvention of the American epic. ...

A moving hilarious & deeply perceptive novel of universal themes: family love & greed. Edie & Richard have been married for over 30 years living in the Chicago suburbs. Everyone who knew them
- even their own children Robin & Benny
- agreed that Edie was a tough woman to love but no-one expected Richard to walk out on her especially not in her condition. Edie is 59 years old she weighs 300 pounds & her doctors have told her shell die if she doesnt stop eating. As Richard is shut out by the family & seeks solace in the world of internet dating Robin is dragged back from the city & forced to rebuild a relationship with her mother. Meanwhile Benny & his neurotic wife Rachelle try to take control of the situation. But have any of them stopped to think about whether Edie really wants to be saved? Written with sly humour warmth & great insight The Middlesteins" is a novel about what it means to be part of a family."

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The weary traveller passing through Middleton in days of old would have witnessed a more pastoral idyllic scene that we can only imagine. Just what kind of reception would one have been greeted with when stopping off at Ye Olde Boar's Head back in the 1700s? Was it a stern set of 'rules of the inn' or a warm hearty welcome to the town when the pace of life was much slower & the streets were devoid of the traffic & crowds we see today? The advent of photography brought scenes as they were from the mid-1800s onwards demonstrating a true reflection of life on the streets. Many of these early captured scenes have been transformed beyond recognition but a surprising number remain relatively untouched. This book follows a journey of exploration meandering from north to south to look at just how much or how little has changed in Middleton Through Time. ...

Which army used camels disguised as war elephants? Which illustrious warlord was killed by a midget ninja hidden in his latrine? How was a Japanese vessel sunk by live cows dropped by the Soviet air force? & just what kind of weapon was the Bohemian Ear Spoon? These are just a few of the important questions of military history answered in this book. Midget Ninja & tactical laxatives is a light-hearted look at some of the most bizarre incidents weirdest weapons & strangest stratagems to be found in the annals of warfare. Drawn from all periods of history there is something here for every reader with an interest in military history and/or a sense of humour. Some of the sections included: War Elephants & How to Stop Them (including the infamous blazing pigs) Ignominious Deaths (eg the midget ninja in the latrine)A Misplaced Sense of Honour (eg the sniper who let George Washington live) Suicide Missions (eg mass suicide as a diversion tactic & a case of self-decapitation) Weird & Wonderful Weapons: (such as the WW2 bat bomb -with real bats) Stranger things happen at Sea (eg million-ton ice ships & death by blocked toilet) God is on our side (of omens oracles & the ancient battle stopped by a UFO) An Army Marches on its Stomach (eg the tactical use of laxatives & the Greek army immobilized for 3 days by hallucinogenic honey) ...