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Middlemarch

By: George Eliot
Narrated by: Gabriel Woolf
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Middlemarch is considered one of the masterpieces of English fiction. Published in 1874, it is the seventh and penultimate novel by George Eliot. It pursues a number of underlying themes, including the status of women, the nature of marriage, idealism and self-interest, religion and hypocrisy, political reform, and education.

Set in the fictitious Midlands town of Middlemarch during the period 1830 - 32 and subtitled "A Study of Provincial Life", the novel creates a concept of life and society confronting the scepticism that was taking over the age.

English novelist George Eliot (1819-1880), real name Mary Ann (Marian) Evans was one of the leading writers of the Victorian era. Her novels, largely set in provincial England, are well known for their realism and psychological perspicacity.

Please note: This is a vintage recording. The audio quality may not be up to modern day standards.

©2009 RNIB (P)2009 RNIB Classics Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Literary Fiction

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"You will learn more about life, your own and other people's, from Middlemarch, Madame Bovary or Moby-Dick than you are likely to from yards and yards of memoir."( The Times)
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Love Middlemarch, one of my favourite books. But this is an old RNIB reading, I assume by a volunteer who sounded like he was reading something from Watch with Mother. It was OK and he did his best but I think Audible have a cheek to charge for it!

Not a professional reading!

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Hard to recomment this book too higly. One of the great novels of all times. Try it if have not read it.

Middlemarsh

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This recording, done for RNIB, has some technical problems but for me those were unimportant compared to the quality of the narration. Middlemarch is my favourite novel. A book I know well, and I have not been happy with any of the other narrators available on Audible. With this there are some extraneous sounds, the narrator sometimes makes a slight mistake and corrects himself, or clears his throat, there are pauses in a sentence where there should not be - but the overall effect is of being read to by a friend. The words comes first, There are no self-conscious theatricals. Gabriel Woolf CARES about what he is reading.

For me this is the best of all narrators,

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A lot going on, many characters and issues to keep track of. a very captivating story.
Enjoyed it .

Captivating

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I love this story, and the narrator’s voice and characterisation is good. However his delivery was not fluent and there are occasional background noises and volume fluctuations.

Poor narration

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