Through these various characters and their relationships, the novel explores the very fabric of Victorian society in the 1800s, showing how various human passions-heroism, egotism, love, and lust-interrelate within this society.Download cover art Download CD case insert Middlemarch (version 2) But until he proves himself worthy, Mary will have nothing to do with him. He drifts toward the clergy and longs to marry Mary Garth. Fred Vincey, used to a lavish lifestyle but also a gambler, falls into debt as he waits to inherit money from a rich neighbor. He soon falls in love with Rosamund, a woman who has spent her life in Middlemarch, and they eventually marry. Meanwhile, the young doctor, Lydgate, comes to Middlemarch to start his own practice. But, in a final attempt to control Dorothea's life, Casaubon's will states that if Dorothea marries Will, she will lose her claim to Casaubon's estate. Casaubon soon dies of a heart attack, and Dorothea marries his cousin, Will. Casaubon tries to assert his influence over Dorthea, but she refuses to succumb to his will.
She marries an older academic, Casaubon, against the advice of her friends and family. At the heart of the book is Dorothea, a kind-hearted and honest woman who longs to find some way to improve the world. The novel is set in the small town of Middlemarch and follows the interrelated lives of several characters. It is concerned with the lives of several ordinary people, albeit ones with high social standing. Middlemarch is a recognized masterpiece that explores the complex social world of nineteenth-century England.
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