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FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Middlemarch - The Untold Story

Life lesson of the day by the Victorian-era English novelist George Eliot: 'It is never too late to be what you might have been...'- 'Middlemarch' author's timeless life lesson on why it’s never too late to become who you were meant to be

Life lesson of the day: George Eliot's enduring wisdom, "It is never too late to be what you might have been," resonates powerfully. Her own life, marked by a late start to her literary career, exemplifies that age and past circumstances need not define our potential. Eliot's journey underscores the…

The Economic Times

Move over Middlemarch! Readers’ top 100 novels

After critics and authors picked their top 100 novels of all time, we asked readers to choose their favourites. Thousands of votes came in from around the world ... which books did you choose that were missing from the original list, and what has pushed George Eliot off the top…

The Guardian - UK

Novel ways to master reading books

Letters: Malcolm Bellamy on how he is finally getting through Middlemarch. Also letters from Roger Osborne and Roz Connery

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George Eliot is best known for Middlemarch, but she also wrote an early work of science fiction

George Eliot – the pen name of Victorian novelist Mary Ann Evans – is celebrated today as a writer of realist novels: Adam Bede (1859), The Mill on the Floss (1860), Middlemarch (1871) and Daniel Deronda (1876).

The Conversation

Dan Houser on Victorian novels, Red Dead Redemption and redefining open-world games

As the Grand Theft Auto co-writer launches a new project, he reflects on his hugely successful open-world adventures and where game design might go next

The Guardian - UK

Celebrities and authors reveal 7 books they're reading this summer

What do the people who write books for a living like to read on their holidays? Here's what they told us

Woman & Home

Madeleine Thien: ‘I ran in blizzards and -20C – all I wanted was to listen to Middlemarch’

The Canadian author on mountain running to George Eliot, powerful reminders from Omar El Akkad and the translation that brought Homer’s Iliad to life

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How to change the world? Good grows out of unhistoric acts

Letters: Those looking for inspiration on how to be a better person should look to the novel Middlemarch, writes Andrea Dow, while Bruce Higgins reflects on his rewarding charity work

The Guardian - UK

George Eliot’s Middlemarch: egoism, moral stupidity, and the complex web of life

In our Guide to the Classics series, experts explain key works of literature.

The Conversation

Where to start with: George Eliot

Her uplifting and melancholy masterpieces include Middlemarch – but you can enjoy funny, wise stories that are less than 800 pages long too

The Guardian - UK

Immersive show turns Middlemarch into 1980s murder mystery

Coventry audiences will take their own journeys through the production as 150th anniversary celebrated

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