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Middlemarch

By: George Eliot
Narrated by: Juliet Stevenson
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Dorothea Brooke is an ardent idealist who represses her vivacity and intelligence for the cold, theological pedant Casaubon. One man understands her true nature: the artist Will Ladislaw. But how can love triumph against her sense of duty and Casaubon’s mean spirit? Meanwhile, in the little world of Middlemarch, the broader world is mirrored: the world of politics, social change, and reforms, as well as betrayal, greed, blackmail, ambition, and disappointment.

Dorothea Brooke is an outstanding heroine; Middlemarch is filled with characters that are vivid and true, comic and moving. It is one of the greatest novels in the English language.

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L'écriture de George Eliot, la voix de Juliet Stevenson sont sublimes.
A écouter absolument,
à savourer.

Tour de force

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Great story and amazing performance of the actress who reads it. She manages to embody the numerous characters with a precise consistency that make the reading of
George Elliott's masterpiece quite an unforgettable and pleasurable experience.

As for Elliott's work, it shows the extent of her talent at creating complex characters moved by deep-rooted motives, a life philosophy and their own personality. They all evolve in the Middlemarch Parish, the existence of which emerges from their links and interactions that the narrator keeps the closest to recreation of the genuine state of mind of a town from the era the narrative takes place in.

Amazing work and amazing reader.

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Comme tous les romans de la même époque, il faut s’accrocher car il est très long à démarrer - 34 heures d’écoute et j’ai failli décrocher au bout de 10. Mais il mérite notre patience de lecteur, pour son analyse de la société, la place des femmes, la bêtise des ragots, le poids des conventions, la difficulté à amener le changement - qui restent d’actualité. Et le bonheur au bout du compte. La performance de la lectrice mérite elle aussi le détour.

Un classique à découvrir ou redécouvrir

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The writing is sublime, the performance of the readers outstanding. One of the best novels I ever read. Certainly worth every breath of the crew of actors who contributed to this creation.

Extraordinarily powerful novel

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So many images to cherish, I will read this again. Eliot has so much insight into our human frailties. The drama turns on the most every day emotions, reactions and foibles.

Wonderful prose

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