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Middlemarch

American  
[mid-l-mahrch] / ˈmɪd lˌmɑrtʃ /

noun

  1. a novel (1871–72) by George Eliot.


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Pennington also had roles in several BBC productions, including The Witches of Pendle, Oedipus The King and an adaptation of Middlemarch.

From BBC May 11, 2026

We’re all taking daily healthsome walks, or baking our own bread, or taking up knitting, or seriously thinking about finally reading Middlemarch.

From Slate Apr. 6, 2020

The 17-year-old’s close reading of Middlemarch got her a scholarship to Oxford to read English, from where she went to New York and, in time, a job on the New Yorker.

From The Guardian Nov. 16, 2019

With six people in a small flat with one heated room, she later said, nobody was going to do Middlemarch.

From BBC Feb. 15, 2019

Emma was thrilled by the presence of one of the guests—the novelist known as George Eliot, author of one of Emma’s favorite books, Middlemarch.

From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman

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