{"product_id":"2026200007225-secondhand-middlemarch","title":"Middlemarch","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good             ,              ex-library\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Worn\/faded, no tears\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good         ,          price clipped\u003cbr\u003eMarkings: Ex-library with usual markings\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWidely regarded as one of the greatest novels in the English language, Middlemarch is a sweeping Victorian masterpiece of literary realism that chronicles the interwoven lives of residents in a fictional English Midlands town during the period of 1829–1832. George Eliot constructs a richly layered narrative centered on the idealistic Dorothea Brooke, whose aspirations for a meaningful life are tested by an ill-fated marriage, and the ambitious young doctor Tertius Lydgate, whose reforming zeal is gradually worn down by social pressures and personal compromise. With penetrating psychological insight and a tone that balances compassionate irony with moral seriousness, Eliot illustrates how individual destinies are shaped — and often constrained — by the web of community, class, and convention. The novel argues powerfully for the dignity of ordinary lives, presenting marriage, politics, religion, and professional ambition as arenas in which character is both revealed and forged. Middlemarch remains an unparalleled portrait of human limitation and quiet heroism, as relevant and emotionally resonant today as when it was first published in 1871.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48887881433307,"sku":"2026200007225-SECONDHAND","price":30.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/b8c9cb1a-0349-4758-ae74-f6ca01d33b27.png?v=1781747666","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200007225-secondhand-middlemarch","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}