Middlemarch FINALE: It's OK to be mid
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Middlemarch FINALE: It's OK to be mid
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"The growing good of the world is partly dependent on unhistoric acts."
— Middlemarch
The DYEL boys finally finished George Eliot's Middlemarch and finally answered the question of what this thing is about. At least we think we did: A 900-page long cope on being mid.
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Thwarted ambitions: Nobody seems to achieve what they set out to: Dorothea, Lydgate, Casaubon, even Bulstrode. We ask whether Eliot is simply describing reality or arguing against ambition.
Ordinary goodness: Related to the above, we unpack the famous final paragraph. Rich wonders if it's all just cope. And points out how it seems at odds with the real life of George Eliot, aka "Mary K", aka Mary-Ann Evans.
Full transcripts are available at doyouevenlit.com, where you can filter and search episodes by key ideas, authors, and themes.
CHAPTERS:
(00:00:00) shiny new website (00:14:04) Bulstrode scandal and Lydgate's innocence (00:24:42) Lydgate, a failure? (00:28:06) Emphasise on Middle (00:32:11) Is this book anti-ambition? (00:40:42) close reading of the final paragraph (00:59:52) Rosamond's (slight) redemption (01:14:03) Next bookWRITE US:
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