Middlemarch

George Eliot's 1871 novel follows Dorothea Brooke, a young Englishwoman of idealistic and religious temperament living with her uncle and sister, as she seeks a purposeful life beyond the conventional expectations for marriageable women in provincial society.

Public domain in the US. From Project Gutenberg.

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Historical and Classical Fiction›Classic romance and society novels›British and Irish novels to 1900›Country, village, and regional life

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Adults›Historical and Classical Fiction›Classic romance and society novels›British and Irish novels to 1900›Country, village, and regional life