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Caz Hart's avatar

Oh, that was a fun tidbit.

Maybe there's another book out there with a scene of someone throwing Proust's volumes overboard. 😁

I've not come across the Middlemarch Substack trend. Any links to examples?

I've owned Middlemarch for an embarrassingly long time, but only got around to reading it last year. Perhaps because it's so hyped, and perhaps because I've already read a lot of books from that era, I was underwhelmed.

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Scott Spires's avatar

Check out the links that I put in my first paragraph. That'll give you several examples of "Middlemarch mania."

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Caz Hart's avatar

Ah, sorry, I missed those.

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omenapt's avatar

just wrapping up her Daniel Deronda. Will move onto MIddlemarch ,next

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Scott Spires's avatar

How is DD? Haven't read it myself.

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omenapt's avatar

it's been a slog. Her writing is a bit convoluted but beautiful, so it has taken me forever. I primarily read it because of the on ongoing Jewish and Israel issues in present time and this gives great perspective from late 1800's. It almost seems like two parallel stories running together woven by a thread and then at the end they are brought together. I would recommend overall.

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Scott Spires's avatar

Thanks. Doesn't surprise me that it's something of a slog - Victorian novels, even the good ones, tend to strike me that way because of their length.

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Contarini's avatar

The Modernists despised the Victorians. It seems like a generational attitude being expressed in the novel.

As it happens, I am currently reading Middlemarch. It's good.

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Scott Spires's avatar

That makes sense. I've been following your multi-locational reading (see my first link).

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Peter C. Meilaender's avatar

This was pretty funny. I have also noticed the sudden craze for Middlemarch.

Confession: I haven't read it. I would like to, I'm confident I would enjoy it. One of these days... maybe after the craze has died down!

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Scott Spires's avatar

You must have guts if you're willing to make a confession like that in the current environment. Most litnerds would just stay quiet about it. Meanwhile, I'm still trying to figure out how this craze started.

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Peter C. Meilaender's avatar

Pretending to have read books one hasn't is surely one of the litnerd's greatest temptations! I try, usually successfully, to avoid it. (There is so much to read, none of us can do more than scratch the surface.)

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Scott Spires's avatar

Gotta admit - I've lied about it a few times (at least nobody was hurt).

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