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Middlemarch

by George Eliot

A categorized English novel excerpt from Middlemarch with early chapters introducing Dorothea Brooke and her sister Celia, their uncle, and the impending introduction of the scholar Edward Casaubon; the text includes a prelude and the opening of Book I containing Chapter I. The document includes images on several pages and notes that pages 1 and 2 lack textual content, implying OCR may be needed for those pages to extract any embedded text from images.

Great questions to ask

  • Who are the main characters introduced in the opening of Middlemarch and what motivates Dorothea?
  • What is the significance of Dorothea's religious zeal in her marriage prospects as described in Chapter I?
  • Summarize the relationship dynamics within the Brooke household as depicted in the early chapters.
Middlemarch
George Eliot
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