The other night I went to do a bit of Christmas shopping and found myself in a department store looking at one of those miniature villages. It was an elaborate display, each and every little figurine placed perfectly and lit to lend authenticity to the scene of what was touted as an English village, nineteenth [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Middlemarch’
Middlemarch
Posted in Books, tagged George Eliot, Mary Anne Evans, Middlemarch, Victorian literature on November 30, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The Great Pumpkin
Posted in Random thoughts, tagged Middlemarch, Palimpsest, reading, World Literature Forum on October 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I don’t usually count page numbers in a book when I choose it. But yesterday, after toting Middlemarch to work and back for a few days, I started wondering just how big a bite I’d taken. Peeking to the back confirmed things. At 800 pages, it’s the heifer of the year, but instantly rewarding. Only [...]
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