Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life<\/i> by George Elliot (Mary Anne Evans\/Marian Evans)<\/p>\n
There was a Facebook meme that posed the question “Austen or Elliot?”<\/p>\n
A lot of people disparaged Austen in their responses, and thus since I have enjoyed Austen recently (2008: The Year of Reading Austen), I figured I should give Elliot a try. <\/p>\n
I will have to say that I found Middlemarch<\/i> fights a good, strong, somewhat superior fight, but Austen was not totally KO’d1<\/sup>.<\/p>\n The writing is engaging, the characters many, and much wit is to be had.<\/p>\n I had bookmarked several quotes that stood out as I read, but looking back at them, they lose something out of context, so I’ll just have to ask you to take me at my word that it’s an amusing book.<\/p>\n Perusing Wikipedia, I see there’s a new film adaptation coming out 2009\/2010. Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life by George Elliot (Mary Anne Evans\/Marian Evans) There was a Facebook meme that posed the question “Austen or Elliot?” A lot of people disparaged Austen in their responses, and thus since I have enjoyed … Continue reading
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\n1<\/sup> See Nick Hornby’s March 2004 essay<\/a> involving battles between artistic works in his Stuff I’m Reading<\/i> column, including Middlemarch<\/i> vs. “The Magic Flute”.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"