tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-236334828969414641.post8871617476098659284..comments2024-02-09T13:20:01.103-08:00Comments on bibliophiliac: Middlemarch #Eliotalong Week Onebibliophiliachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15495943887513443615noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-236334828969414641.post-83608615483571731362016-07-05T06:13:51.448-07:002016-07-05T06:13:51.448-07:00@Susan Bybee-Looking forward to reading along with...@Susan Bybee-Looking forward to reading along with you!bibliophiliachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15495943887513443615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-236334828969414641.post-12921145625685999512016-07-04T21:39:29.981-07:002016-07-04T21:39:29.981-07:00I read this novel in 1999 and 2009! So excited to ...I read this novel in 1999 and 2009! So excited to be reading it again in 2019. I love it so much!!! I get something new and fresh out of it each time.Bybeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10061186489010154661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-236334828969414641.post-50630996189126505612016-07-04T08:41:29.149-07:002016-07-04T08:41:29.149-07:00@Amy-I hope you enjoy the vicarious readalong!@Amy-I hope you enjoy the vicarious readalong!bibliophiliachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15495943887513443615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-236334828969414641.post-87885370337643158982016-07-04T08:13:26.974-07:002016-07-04T08:13:26.974-07:00@Jillian-I think you are right about the narrator-...@Jillian-I think you are right about the narrator-it is a female voice from the start. In her Prelude Eliot refers to Saint Theresa. Interwoven throughout the text is this question of how women can contribute, how they can add something to the world, when they are given so little power and education.bibliophiliachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15495943887513443615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-236334828969414641.post-46426618729193006912016-07-04T07:58:07.881-07:002016-07-04T07:58:07.881-07:00@Pan Alchemist- *the thought of putting it down is...@Pan Alchemist- *the thought of putting it down is dreadful* Exactly! I'm so glad you are loving Middlemarch! I think you should just "march* straight through and then post your thoughts later (along the schedule). I will probably write my posts as I go along, but, like you, I'm enjoying immersing myself in the world of this book, and can't imagine stopping!bibliophiliachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15495943887513443615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-236334828969414641.post-50744290241205779892016-07-04T07:34:24.654-07:002016-07-04T07:34:24.654-07:00YES! George Eliot is, in a way, Dorothea. I love t...YES! George Eliot <i>is</i>, in a way, Dorothea. I love that you made that connection: I hadn't considered it. I'm a first-time reader just joining the group. I'm only thirty pages in so far, but I love it. The narrator especially: her sardonic, intelligent voice. (I assume the narrator is a woman, but really, we don't even know, do we?) :)<br />*ೃ༄ Jillianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14139487177036647728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-236334828969414641.post-62811875614784581722016-07-04T06:27:02.296-07:002016-07-04T06:27:02.296-07:00If I wasn't deep into several other reading co...If I wasn't deep into several other reading commitments, I'd've joined in this. I love Middlemarch and am due for a reread. I'll just have to enjoy it vicariously for now.Amyhttp://www.newcenturyreading.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-236334828969414641.post-77823126969074645412016-07-04T01:53:12.783-07:002016-07-04T01:53:12.783-07:00Your post was a fascinating read. I didn't kno...Your post was a fascinating read. I didn't know all that about Eliot/Evans. <br /><br />I am a first time reader, and loving it (so much in fact that I am almost finished - I can't help it. The thought of putting it down is dreadful!). The characters are, as you say, alive on the page. I have feelings - strong feelings about most of them. Lydgate has to be one of my favourites, not only for his intelligence. (It is so difficult to restrict this post to the first 14 chapters. But as you are rereading, I am sure you know what I am implying here.) Will Ladislaw and Fred Vincy, though, are close behind him. Farebrother is another character I really appreciate, along with the Garths. But... Rosamond. I will leave it there. <br /><br />OK, I am going back to reading. I can't stop, even though I feel dreadful for running ahead in the readalong. I can't believe I have put reading this book off for so long. Had I known I would enjoy it so much, I would have read it decades ago!<br /><br />Pan Alchemisthttp://panalchemist.blogspot.co.za/noreply@blogger.com