Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life is a novel by George Eliot, the pen name of Mary Anne Evans, later Marian Evans. It is her seventh novel, begun in 1869 and then put aside during the final illness of Thornton Lewes, the son of her companion George Henry Lewes. During the following year Eliot resumed work, fusing together several stories into a coherent whole, and during 1871–72 the novel appeared in serial form. The first one-volume edition was published in 1874, and attracted large sales. Subtitled "A Study of Provincial Life," the novel is set in the fictitious Midlands town of Middlemarch during the period 1830–32. It has multiple plots with a large cast of characters, and in addition to its distinct though interlocking narratives it pursues a number of underlying themes, including the status of women, the nature of marriage, idealism and self-interest, religion and hypocrisy, political reform, and education. The pace is leisurely, the tone is mildly didactic (with an authorial voice that occasionally bursts through the narrative), and the canvas is very broad. (Summary by Wikipedia)
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Genres for the project:
fiction, literature
Keywords that describe the book:
Midlands; Social Criticism
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No more than 0.5 to 1 second of silence at the beginning of the recording!
Start of recording (Intro)
"Chapter [number] of Middlemarch . - This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information, or to volunteer, please visit: librivox DOT org"
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Say: " Middlemarch , by George Eliot . [Chapter]"
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"Chapter [number] of Middlemarch by George Eliot . This LibriVox recording is in the Public Domain."
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Only if applicable, say: "[Chapter title]"
End of recording
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"End of [Chapter]"
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Title: ## - [Section title]
Artist: George Eliot
Album: Middlemarch
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Okay, I have a confession to make: Middlemarch is the one book I was assigned in college that I used the Cliff's Notes for instead of reading the book. I had to read it and write a paper on it in a week and by the Wednesday I realized I was never going to get through. Despite this, I will MC this for you. I'm on my way to bed but I will get a MW for you in the morning. In the meantime feel free to upload files to my folder.
wildemoose wrote:Okay, I have a confession to make: Middlemarch is the one book I was assigned in college that I used the Cliff's Notes for instead of reading the book.
If that's your dirtiest secret, you're a good girl
Once a country is habituated to liars, it takes generations to bring the truth back.
~ Gore Vidal ~
@Arielle: I never managed to finish this myself.... what's good is that I was never pressured to finish reading this within a week (How are you ever going to finish this in a week no? Unless you have full 24 hours of reading time everyday of the week I doubt it can be finished...)
@Margaret: With this I'll be able to finish MIddlemarch.
April - I de-amped Chapter 2. I am not very knowledgeable about Audacity, and am not sure how you see the volume, so hopefully it's about where it should be now.
Once a country is habituated to liars, it takes generations to bring the truth back.
~ Gore Vidal ~
I'm on my way to bed but I will get a MW for you in the morning. In the meantime feel free to upload files to my folder.
(How are you ever going to finish this in a week no? Unless you have full 24 hours of reading time everyday of the week I doubt it can be finished...)