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The Guardian view on Middlemarch: the greatest novel in the English language | Editorial ⊕⊕
George Eliot’s masterpiece of provincial life still has much to teach us about sympathy and tolerance
Virgina Woolf declared Middlemarch “one of the few English novels written for grown-up people”. He…
37 days ago
The Given World by Melissa Harrison review – a stunning tale of rural life for an era of ecological crisis ⊕
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Eerie omens haunt this absorbing group portrait set over six months in an English village
Sitting stoned on a hill above his village, a young man muses on his place in the world. Connor is proud to ha…
3 months ago
‘The most quietly romantic town we have ever visited’ – the enduring charm of Chiavenna, Italy ⊕⊕
Writers from George Eliot to Goethe put this Lombardy town on the map, then it fell out of fashion. Today it makes a picture-perfect alternative to the Italian lakes
The ancient settlement of Chiavenn…
5 months ago
The Guardian view on the rise of romantic fiction: finally getting the respect it deserves ⊕⊕
Jilly Cooper, Joanna Trollope and Sophie Kinsella all changed the genre. A new generation of novelists are doing the same and sales are soaring
At last, the perception of popular fiction by women as “…
A hidden life in the era of social media can still change history, as the story of Jesus shows ⊕
I see in Christmas an invitation to see differently: God in the social outcast, life on the margins reimagined as the centre of gravity
Do you want to be influential?
So do 57% of Gen Zs in the US who …
8 months ago
World's first solo traveller cruise ship to launch ○
MS George Eliot, will offer new 15-day itineraries - the longest solo river cruises ever offered. The first solo guests will be able to set sail on the 110-metre ship from Riviera Travel from June 20…
12 months ago
Madeleine Thien: ‘I ran in blizzards and -20C – all I wanted was to listen to Middlemarch’ ○
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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
My earliest reading memory
Resting in my father’s a…
13 months ago
'Why the hell would we want to be called Pig Village?' Plan to rename small Welsh community causes a stink amongst locals ○
For at least a century, the serene village has been known as Northop Hall after a nearby 13th century manor house - once home to ancestors of author George Eliot.
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