Middlemarch

<B>This deluxe hardback edition presents George Eliot's iconic masterpiece of 19th-century English realism, featuring stunning gold cover embossing and printed edges.</B><BR><BR>Described by some as the greatest novel in the English Language, <i>Middlemarch </i>paints a captivating portrait of provincial life at the time of the Industrial Revolution.<BR><BR>The story follows the idealistic Dorothea Brooke and the pioneering Tertius Lydgate and their disastrous marriages to unsuitable partners. George Eliot also draws on a huge cast of other finely drawn characters to reflect facets of humankind, in all its fragility and complexity.<BR>As separate stories interweave and drama unfolds, Eliot uses these ordinary, 'unhistoric' lives to contemplate the colossal and the profound.<BR><BR>This lavish hardback edition features ornate gold cover embossing and printed edges, making it a beautiful collectible for lovers of classic literature.<BR><BR><b>ABOUT THE SERIES: </b>The <i>Arcturus Treasured Classics </i>series brings together celebrated literary masterworks, beautifully presented in hardback gift editions with cover embossing and printed page edges.